Spoiler Alert: No huge spoilers, but if you haven’t been reading along with us, save this post for another time.

In Part One we get to know Abra mostly through her parents or other adults. In Part Two, we got to know her much better. What do you think of this extraordinary girl?

I still feel as if Abra’s character is too young for her age. Wither her special talent, I expect her to be more mature and worldly. She is too juvenile to me and it’s bugging me. She borders on the annoying and I hate feeling that way about her.

Do you have any speculations on what the True Knot are? We know how they sustain themselves, and we’ve seen the way they die. They are not, as Abra calls them, “ghostie people,” but they aren’t really human either. 

I often feel as if certain people suck the life out of me and that is what the True Knot does. They are vampire-like, especially with Rose’s snaggly tooth but what they suck is not blood but your life essence. They differ from the Ghostie people because those folks were killed and never found their way to the other side. These guys prey on the life force of others. No different than corporate America (in my opinion).

Considering that Chapter Thirteen is one of the most intense in the book so far, did anyone actually stop reading here? Or could you not wait to race on ahead?

I am reading this on my Kindle and to be honest, I do not recall an especially intense chapter and with all that I have going on, I don’t have the energy to go back and see what it was about! Overall, the book is not intense. It’s quite mild by King’s standards so Chapter Thirteen did not jump out at me.

How is Doctor Sleep treating you so far? Is it keeping you awake at night? Are you excited to finish it and chat about the ending?

I finished the book, but I will save my final, final thoughts for the last read along post and my review (if I ever get it written). It has been a difficult book for me to finish. It lost steam (pun intended) towards the end and I had some trouble believing Rose and her power. I am very anxious to wrap this up though and move on to another book.