![]() ![]() He taught at a prep school, he made money from publishing some of his stories, and Wendy did typing part time - all good enough to where the couple could put money away each month. Jack Torrance, his wife Wendy and their son Danny used to have a good life. So if your understanding of things comes from that film, you might be a little lost. ![]() More on that later.īefore I try to offer up a synopsis here, let me say this: if you're considering reading Doctor Sleep, the references back to events in The Shining come from the original book - which is not at all the same as the movie made by Stanley Kubrick. To be frank, I liked both books to be even more truthful, I fell in love with The Shining all over again and found Doctor Sleep to be fun and often suspenseful but not nearly as intense as its predecessor. The Shining is a classic horror read, while the latest book by Stephen King, Doctor Sleep, hones in on the kid from The Shining, Danny Torrance, picking up his story again as a young man. I hadn't planned on reading The Shining again (it made for some freakishly-great entertainment years ago), but because Doctor Sleep builds on Danny's (now Dan) experiences at the Overlook, I decided to reread The Shining before I started the new one. Hardcover (first doubleday book club edition)Ĭontinuing on in my month of spooky reads in honor of Halloween, I now come to two books written by the same author. ![]()
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