Irwin Fletcher answers “Can you read this without having read The...”

Morgan Rusk asked this question about Doctor Sleep (The Shining, #2):

Can you read this without having read The Shining?

Irwin Fletcher No. You need to have the novel pretty fresh in your mind. Not the movie (which changed a lot of events and left a lot of others out) or the mini-serie…moreNo. You need to have the novel pretty fresh in your mind. Not the movie (which changed a lot of events and left a lot of others out) or the mini-series (which was closer to the book but not close enough to skip reading it) but the actual book. You could maybe get by without it but you'd miss out on a lot of the references and hints that are planted throughout. (less)

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