As one of my favorite blogs recently said, the golden age of Stephen King is the age of thirteen. I was a huge fan from the ages of eleven to fourteen, and devoured his early work. I recently re-read a few of his earlier works, including “The Shining,” so when I saw that its belated sequel, “Dr. Sleep” (the latter was published in 2013, or 36 years after the publication of The Shining), was on sale on Kindle, I decided to give it a whirl. I’d say it was a mixed bag.
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