Doctor Sleep

I really enjoyed this. I couldn't wait to find out what happens next. As usual, King crafts amazingly relatable characters. In particular, I found his ability to bring life to the villains and evoke a reluctant sympathy in the reader (when you're not thinking about the terrible things they do) actually made me more engaged in hating them and rooting for the eminently deserved ass-kicking I was sure would come. Really artful, in my opinion.

I did have to skip some of the rumination on missing children because it was way too disturbing. But having a potential victim as strong and resilient as Abra made a nice counterbalance.

I feel like the constant drumbeat that AA is the Way, the Truth, and the Light was a bit grating (in part because I'm not a huge fan of the organization), but though it got a little over the top, for the most part it was a believable element of Dan's development.

I listened to the audiobook, and Will Patton was amazing. I'll be searching out more books read by him!