Doctor Sleep vs In Too Deep: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Psychics, Psychic ability, Paranormal, Fiction
Doctor Sleep
“On the second day of December in a year when a Georgia peanut farmer was doing business in the White House, one of Colorado's great resort hotels burned to the ground. The Overlook was declared a total loss.”
The now middle-aged Dan Torrance (the boy protagonist of The Shining) must save a very special twelve-year-old girl from a tribe of murderous paranormals. On highways across America, a tribe of people called The True…
1 film adaptation
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In Too Deep
The author introduces a brand new story arc that begins in a secluded coastal town in northern California. Scargill Cove is the perfect place for Fallon Jones, confirmed recluse and investigator of the paranormal. It is…
The verdict
- Ratings are close across the board — any is a safe pick by score.
- In Too Deep is the quickest read — about 6 hours vs 9 for Doctor Sleep.
- Doctor Sleep has the widest readership — 5245 ratings behind its score.
Scores by source
| Doctor Sleep | In Too Deep | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 3.6 (155) | — |
| Hardcover | 4.0 (687) | 3.9 (10) |
| Google Books | 5.0 (5) | 4.5 (2) |
| Apple Books | 4.5 (5245) | 4.5 (419) |
Reception
| Doctor Sleep | In Too Deep | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 5245 | 419 |
| Editions | 52 | 14 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | 1 |
| Wikipedia attention | 13324 | 82 |
| Pages | 505 | 352 |