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Summary: Excellant !!!!!!!!!!
Review: Excellant horror story of real life! Alcholic father, confused mother, petrified 5 year old - and then the demons come in! Rage fills these pages, at life, parents, bosses, jobs, etc. Wonderful satire in scene when Danny recounts sad tale of former nursery school classmate whose father goes "off the deep end" the gossip, the malicious comments that follow - four pages are classic commentary of society!! No wonder Kubrick loved this book!! People are monsters, families can kill, and then theres always the Overlook, as if the regular demons people face arent enough. Wonderful, gripping suspense throughout!
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Summary: Stephen King's only REALLY, TRULY TERRIFYING book.
Review: I love horror. And I have enjoyed many Stephen King books over the years-not all of them, but many of them. During the few days it took me to read this book, I literally had to sleep with the lights on. I jumped whenever I saw a face reflected in a window pane or mirror or even the toaster; usually, it was my own reflection but I was terrified in the split second it took to realize that.Jack Torrance wants very much to heal and protect and provide for his family. And they all need protection. These are damaged people. Fear and evil work their way through the cracks until you sense that they are ready to explode with rage....like a migraine headache that builds and builds but never peaks. In this book more than any of his others that I have read, King sustains the horror throughout. The characters seem to be dangling from none too reliable tethers over that proverbial snake pit. It is as though King has come into the possession of an antique mirror - pitted, smokey and distorting - that reflects ordinary life in some unknown dimension. (I like to imagine it is a Whately familiy heirloom willed to King by H.P. Lovecraft.) This is a very scary book. Regarding movies made of this book, each has something to recommend it but neither is as frightening as the book. Sometimes, as in the cases of Carrie, Christine and several others, the movie really gives the story life. When it comes to The Shining and Salem's Lot, only your imagination can do justice to the landscapes and dimensions King has presented. In an essay or interview (I don't remember which), King admitted that there are times when he needs to get from points A to B and isn't particular about how he accomplishes this: he just goes for the nearest schlock/shock at hand. It shows. I much prefer the craftsmanship of The Shining where even the hotel, arguably one of the main characters of the novel, shows the same careful character development as Jack. Stephen King isn't often accused of subtlety, but The Shining shows that he had it once.
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Summary: Intelligent, nightmarish ghost story
Review: Jack Torrence is a recoverd alcoholic who accepts a job as the winter caretaker of the Overlook hotel, thinking it will be the perfect opportunity for him to recuperate and finish his play. While Jack and his wife, Wendy, are relatively comfortable in the surroundings, their son Danny has vague premonitions of an impending doom. Then both Wendy and Danny begin to notice a bizarre change in Jack. He becomes more withdrawn, his temper more volatile. And it is then that Danny realizes that the demonic forces possessing the hotel are creeping closer by the minute. Stepehn King is good, but has never been better than in this, what many consider to be his masterpiece. It is creepy, but more importantly, somehow believable. You'll have goosebumps long after finishing it.
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All work and no play make Jack a dull boy.
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This book is truly a suspenseful novel, a tale of a demonic hotel and its designs on a family who comes to take care of the hotel during the winter. There is a movie called the Shining. Directed by Stanley Kubrick, starring Jack Nicholson and Shelly Duvall, it is a masterpiece of modern suspense and horror. I took the title of this review from it (the line doesn't appear in the book). Stanley Kubrick's movie, The Shining, is nothing like Stephen King's book, The Shining. However, both are truly great, and both I highly recommend. The book is cheaper. Buy it now. =)
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Summary: It never gets boring, always a scarey read!
Review: I thought this was one of Stephen Kings best books ever. The way he builds the plot without making the book seem slow paced and boring. Once you find out the young boys power, its starts to get very intense, then you relized the true horror of the hotel.
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Summary: MUCH more than just a scary book...
Review: I raced through The Shining wretched with terror and anticipation. At its climax, I wept with grief for Jack and Danny. The Shining is a great deal more than an exquisitely frightening novel; it affirms the depth of love possible between parent and child. One of my favorite books for many years now.
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Summary: A Great Read!
Review: This book is great! It's not that is increadably scary, but the way Stephen King writes about Jack going insane and how Danny thinks. Another good thing King brings out is how the hotel possesses Jack and how he tries to battle it. There are suspensefull moments where you wonder what will happen. If you saw the movie, but didn't read the book, I assure you that the book is much better.
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Summary: Stephen King at his best
Review: The Shining is one of King's best novels, if not *the* best. However, I must admit, I liked the ending of Kubrick's 1980 film adaptation better than the book's, which (unlike the movie) read like the finale of a Hollywood action flick.
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Summary: a must read
Review: While there are those of you out there who dismiss King as another horror writer obsessed with blood and other bodily fluids there are some of us who know the truth. Stephen King's work will never go out of style, like Dickens eventually Kings work will be read and studied in schools and universities and The Shining will remain a masterpiece.
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Summary: This has to be Stephen King's best book!
Review: I watched the movie with Jack Nicolson years ago, and it didn't scare me that much. So I decided to read the book. It has to be the scariest novel I have read. The steady progression of Jack's mind going down the tubes and deep character backgrounds make you feel what is happening to all of them. If I were to recommend any Stephen King book to somebody, It would definitly be this one!
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