Ted answers “I didn't read the "Shining," but in the...”

A Goodreads user asked this question about Doctor Sleep (The Shining, #2):

I didn't read the "Shining," but in the movie, Dick Hallorann is attacked by Jack Torrance's wielding ax, and I presumed he died...Does he survive in the book?

Ted The movie for Doctor Sleep actually follows the movie version of The Shining, but the book follows the novel and King makes a point of saying this in …moreThe movie for Doctor Sleep actually follows the movie version of The Shining, but the book follows the novel and King makes a point of saying this in his afterward. A minor spoiler is that there is no axe in the novel, but a roque mallet. I would suggest reading The Shining first to anyone wanting to read Doctor Sleep. Both books at their core are about alcoholism--and the events in The Shining are really a metaphor about how addiction can tear a family apart.(less)

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