All their personalities are clearly built from their past experiences, are consistent, are interesting. Every POV has its own distinct voice, and each one is done fantastically. He jumps POVs a lot, and yet you always know whose head you’re head. King is a master of characterization in this book. I like to read the first book first.Anyway, after rereading, I now remember what it was about the book I liked so much: everything.Let’s start with the characterization. Even though I’m sure King insulated the long-awaited sequel with enough background info that you’re not required to read The Shining to understand it.
It’s been about five years since I last read it, so I wanted to refresh myself before I jumped into Doctor Sleep. He lives in Bangor, Maine, with his wife, novelist Tabitha King. He is the recipient of the 2020 Audio Publishers Association Lifetime Achievement Award, the 2018 PEN America Literary Service Award, the 2014 National Medal of Arts, and the 2003 National Book Foundation Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters. His epic works The Dark Tower, It, Pet Sematary, and Doctor Sleep are the basis for major motion pictures, with It now the highest-grossing horror film of all time. His novel 11/22/63 was named a top ten book of 2011 by The New York Times Book Review and won the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Mystery/Thriller.
Mercedes (an Edgar Award winner for Best Novel and a television series streaming on Peacock). His recent work includes Fairy Tale, Billy Summers, If It Bleeds, The Institute, Elevation, The Outsider, Sleeping Beauties (cowritten with his son Owen King), and the Bill Hodges trilogy: End of Watch, Finders Keepers, and Mr. Stephen King is the author of more than sixty books, all of them worldwide bestsellers.