{"id":2109,"date":"2013-10-24T19:01:50","date_gmt":"2013-10-24T19:01:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staffpicks.eglibrary.org\/?p=2109"},"modified":"2015-03-31T00:11:55","modified_gmt":"2015-03-31T00:11:55","slug":"doctor-sleep-by-stephen-king","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staffpicks.eglibrary.org\/?p=2109","title":{"rendered":"Doctor Sleep by Stephen King"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Doctor<\/p>\n

The long-awaited sequel to the Shining has arrived!\u00a0 This novel follows an adult Danny Torrance (now known as Dan) as he navigates through life battling alcoholism while working at various hospitals and hospices around the country.\u00a0 He still has a bit of the Shine, which he uses to help others. \u00a0Along the way, he meets a young girl named Abra who has the same Shining that he does, only her abilities are much more powerful than Dan’s ever were.<\/p>\n

Dan and Abra encounter a group called the True Knot who attempt to harness the power of children who have the shining.<\/p>\n

The book doesn’t pack quite the punch of the original as far as scariness goes, but it is a well-written book.\u00a0 What I enjoyed was following up on Dan, who experienced all these horrors when he was a child.\u00a0 I’ve often wondered about these fictional characters who have experienced these horrible things.\u00a0 What becomes of them after? \u00a0Do these events impact their lives? This book answers those questions.<\/p>\n

If you read the Shining, I recommend this book.\u00a0 However, if you haven’t, it is still an enjoyable read.\u00a0 There is nothing in this book that requires knowledge from the first book to understand.<\/p>\n

I almost always enjoy Stephen King novels, and Doctor Sleep <\/em>is no exception.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The long-awaited sequel to the Shining has arrived!\u00a0 This novel follows an adult Danny Torrance (now known as Dan) as he navigates through life battling alcoholism while working at various hospitals and hospices around the country.\u00a0 He still has a bit of the Shine, which he uses to help others. \u00a0Along the way, he meets … Continue reading Doctor Sleep by Stephen King<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,4,8,49],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2109","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-all-posts","category-books-for-adults","category-fiction","category-reviewed-by-selena"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/staffpicks.eglibrary.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2109","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/staffpicks.eglibrary.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/staffpicks.eglibrary.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staffpicks.eglibrary.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staffpicks.eglibrary.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2109"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/staffpicks.eglibrary.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2109\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/staffpicks.eglibrary.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2109"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staffpicks.eglibrary.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2109"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staffpicks.eglibrary.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2109"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}