Doctor Sleep. Meh, even though it's long i thought it still was kinda of shallow adaptation, rushing through some of the parts of the book that I found most interesting. I wish there was more in it dealing with Danny's role as Doctor Sleep.
I also don't like the idea of changing some details solely to accommodate the 1980 Shining film. Even though Kubrick's The Shining is a thrilling classic, I still am aware that it made some major changes from Stephen King's novel, one huge difference is the conclusion of Hallorann's plot, which if accepted as canon creates a staggering plot hole for King's sequel. This movie adaptation of Doctor Sleep wants to acknowledge Kubrick's film, but can't cut out some of the chapters from the Doctor Sleep novel that would contradict the movie, because it's too important to Danny's development, so they write a compromise to try to incorporate both, but I don't think it should be this movie's responsibility to address another adaptation of the source material. That's it's own version, you do yours.
The movie often puts itself in a position for comparison with The Shining film, when it doesn't have to, trying to recreate some of the images, lighting and camera angles shot-for-shot, and I think you have to be careful doing that, or it can start to look like parody, and a lot of the the most disturbing and iconic parts of the 80s film like the bathtub and the twins, the door being chopped down that get redone in this movie fall flat for me.
The showdowns were anti-climatic, Abra is overpowered, and I thought the acting was forgettable, with the exception being the riveting Rebecca Ferguson as Rose the Hat. She's the best thing that the movie had going for it. I still didn't like this movie but will give it a star or two just for how fabulous she was in the part.