/lit/ - Literature

oh, Doctor Sleep. It started off with great promise. A fractured, haunted family living in the aftermath of the Overlook.

And then...

AA meetings. AA meetings everywhere. Talking about AA meetings. Referencing AA meetings.

No more ghosts. Because of AA meetings.

a terrible and precocious Mary Sue little girl who is super duper powerful and annoying as hell

never satisfactorily explained antagonistic group who, despite a few interesting lines (like, y'know, wanting to stuff said precocious Mary Sue's mouth with hornets) does ridiculous thing like literally wait on the other side of NYC and sucks in the pain/fear/emotions released during 9/11 and *insert topical tragedy here*

and then the most anticlimatic ending I've read in years

god damn it Doctor Sleep

forever bitter

The beginning was fine. Creepy, actually.

And then...

>ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS
>MARY SUE LITTLE GIRL WHO CAN TAKE DOWN ANCIENT PEOPLE WITH EASE
>MORE ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS
>NAN THE HAT
>EVEN MORE ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS
>CHARACTERS WHO SUDDENLY HAVE A SHINING STRONG ENOUGH TO SAVE THE DAY
>DID I MENTION ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS
>EVERYONE'S RELATED LOL

The handful of things that were genuinely unsettling (the beginning with the bathroom, a few bits with Danny before ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, the Hat lady talking about how she wanted to stuff the girl's mouth with hornets) were overshadowed by the fact that most of the story was about ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, shit perfect Abra, and a bunch of ridiculous coincidences.

god damn it, King

Just finished Doctor Sleep. Disappointing.

Did anyone else read it yet?