Mande Peer 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?

Mande Peer The Shining is my favorite horror novel of all time and to say the Kubrick film sucked is insane. It deviates from the book yes but captures the insan…moreThe Shining is my favorite horror novel of all time and to say the Kubrick film sucked is insane. It deviates from the book yes but captures the insanely uncomfortable and eventually terrifying essence of the Overlook.
But to answer you, no. (less)

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