• Doctor Sleep

  • A Novel
  • By: Stephen King
  • Narrated by: Will Patton
  • Length: 18 hrs and 34 mins
  • 4.7 out of 5 stars (38,253 ratings)

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Doctor Sleep

By: Stephen King
Narrated by: Will Patton
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Publisher's summary

Audie Award Winner, Fiction, 2014

Audie Award Nominee, Solo Narration - Male, 2014

Stephen King returns to the characters and territory of one of his most popular novels ever, The Shining, in this instantly riveting novel about the now middle-aged Dan Torrance (the boy protagonist of The Shining) and the very special 12-year-old girl he must save from a tribe of murderous paranormals.

On highways across America, a tribe of people called The True Knot travel in search of sustenance. They look harmless - mostly old, lots of polyester, and married to their RVs. But as Dan Torrance knows, and spunky 12-year-old Abra Stone learns, The True Knot are quasi-immortal, living off the "steam" that children with the "shining" produce when they are slowly tortured to death.

Haunted by the inhabitants of the Overlook Hotel where he spent one horrific childhood year, Dan has been drifting for decades, desperate to shed his father's legacy of despair, alcoholism, and violence. Finally, he settles in a New Hampshire town, an AA community that sustains him, and a job at a nursing home where his remnant "shining" power provides the crucial final comfort to the dying. Aided by a prescient cat, he becomes "Doctor Sleep."

Then Dan meets the evanescent Abra Stone, and it is her spectacular gift, the brightest shining ever seen, that reignites Dan's own demons and summons him to a battle for Abra's soul and survival. This is an epic war between good and evil, a gory, glorious story that will thrill the millions of hyper-devoted fans of The Shining and wildly satisfy anyone new to the territory of this icon in the King canon.

©2013 Stephen King (P)2013 Simon & Schuster

Critic reviews

"Will Patton's delivery enhances King's prose in ways that make King's work so much more enjoyable in audio than just reading it…Patton's narrative voice captures the rhythm of King's words. His character voices, filled with a variety of regional American accents, remain consistent. Most importantly, the sinister aspects that embody characters and moments of this novel are superbly executed and will certainly leave listeners on edge." ( AudioFile)
"King, not one given to sequels, throws fans a big, bloody bone with this long-drooled-for follow-up to The Shining." ( Booklist)
"…a gripping, taut read that provides a satisfying conclusion to Danny Torrance's story." ( Publisher’s Weekly)

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Exceptional

I Loved it. And Will Patton's Narration was brilliant! Thank you Stephen King, once again

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Loved it.

This book was very complete. It ended as one may hope. King did it again.

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The Narrator

Overall an excellent listen, but it took a few chapters to get past the narrator’s accent. Sound like Donald Trump reading a bedtime story. “It’s yuge!”

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Loved Dr. Sleep!

It was a great continuance for Danny’s character! Very cool bad guys as well. Abra’s was very well done and the book was read perfectly.

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I’m a peeper not a creeper

However Mr King is not just a horror author but a great writer. I loved the redemption of Danny finds at the end and gives me great hope that for all that life throws at us there is always some redeeming goodness. Thank you Mr King for this, another great novel!

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Well read and an extremely good book

Will Patton does the book so much justice and his voice is soothing when needed and chaos when required. Amazing book with amazing characters and story as one would expect from Stephen King.

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Thoroughly enjoyed Dan's story.

After the initial chapters the book slowed down a bit for me, but by midway the pace and suspense picked up and I couldn't wait to listen till the end. I was entertained all the way to the finish.

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Some of his best work ❤️

Although this story has the feel of a Stephen King novel it runs at a much faster pace.

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Amazing

I chose this rating because this was such a good story and so immersive. Would listen again and again.

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Amazing!

I love the shining and Doctor Sleep is the perfect sequel we have all been waiting for. The Great Stephen King is the ultimate genius and Will Patton did a phenomenal job narrating.

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