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Pros & Cons

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Pros

Abra is a bright little girl who has a whole lot of shine. Rarely is a sequel good, but this was fabulous.

The story stays with me the whole time i’m reading it. The leads learn to use their hearts to guide their basic, at times fury-driven, gift in beneficial ways. I love that they are basically vampires. They are mysterious.

Cons

The charming hokey style that is king's calling card is more contrived than usual. Whoever wrote the screenplay did a much much better job than king did with the book.

To me the otherworldly stuff is boring. Some parts just feel gratuitous and ugly. To make matters more cheesy, the book constantly references her angry smile.

A flimsy explanation fails to satisfy why the overlook was haunted. It's way too long, has at least three endings and is frankly dull and not even remotely scary. The shining = redrum.

The true knot become a band of bumbling keystone cops, outwitted and decimated by the 12 year old abra. The characters are one dimensional archetypes. Abra, the young girl is too perfect, too powerful and too amazing and the true knot members are a lo... Read More

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Highlights

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Quality

If you go into not expecting the quality of the shining you will enjoy it like i did

What king did with the grownup daniel torrance was interesting and smart and abra stone was endearing along with the supporting characters

In doctor sleep we get to see whats become of danny and how badly the experiences at the hotel and with the shining in general ... Read More

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This product had a total of 41,006 reviews as of our last analysis date on Jun 30 2023.