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Summary: I loved every bit of The Shining.
Review: There are no arguments here.
King is the greatest and The Shining is King at his very best
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Summary: A book filled with moments of startling horror and vividness
Review: THE SHINING, the fifth bestselling horror novel by Stephen King, is ultimately a novel which, in its final moments, manages to transcend
its strange prose mixture of pulp magazine-type chills and Lovecraftian horror
imagery to deal with deeper concepts, such as the enduring legacy of evil and parental love. Set during a cold, icy winter in a Colorado Hotel, King constantly
switches his point of view between various narrators- the caretaker, a failed writer
named Jack Torrance who is combating alcoholism, his wife, Wendy, and their young son, Danny, who has a peculiar supernatural ability to see visions of terror.
The hotel, The Overlook, is haunted by various ghosts- the spirits of the suicides,
the murdered, those who died in strange ways, and, as the winter goes on, these ghosts
begin to drive Jack Torrance insane, finally leading him to wage a terrifying game of
cat-and-mouse with the others in the hotel.
And only his son, Danny, who can see the cause
of the carnage in the visions he recieves, can put an end to his father's rampage.
Unfortunately, King takes too long to set up his exposition, and when the shocks finally come,
they burst too rapidly together to allow the reader to fully absorb the impact of what
exactly is happening. A good book in concept, but the pacing, as described above,
is slightly flawed. Another masterwork from a genious in his field.
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Summary: A Whopper!
Review: Bloody good stuff..
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Summary: A horror story worthy of Edgar Allan Poe and Robert Bloch!
Review: The Shining, a late-70's horror novel by Stephen King is so frightening and weirdly effective that you may find yourself up late into the night after closing the book. The story in its self is very complex and contains numerous sub-plots. These include the dis-banding of a family, a father's struggle with alcoholism and sanity, a young boy's uncanny ability to see into the future, and a wife's worries about all that is going on.
Like any true horror story, The Shining takes place in a looming, scary building-The Overlook Hotel, which, much like Castle Dracula is a place filled with ghosts and horror. Although the novel may start off slowly, once it gets going, it does not stop until the last page. Stephen King effectively uses symbolism and alliteration to make the unique story come alive. The Shining is reminicent of Poe's stories of madness and even will remind one of Rober Bloch's creation, Norman Bates. King reassures us that horror writing is alive and well. The Shining is a book that you will not soon forget
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Summary: Timberline,Movie,and the Book. A PERFECT 10!
Review: Well I for one am not afaird of reading books at all or are shivrering when i read them. But, for some reason no matter how addicted to horor books you are and how you will not be scared you will kindda get the shimmies when you read Kings book.
I have seen the movie and it is just as great as the book if not better. But beware when watching the movie
My advice don't watch it alone i did in plain dayligt, even in daylight you need a friend to watch it with
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Summary: 447 pages took me two days
Review: In an episode of "Friends" from a few months ago, wediscover that Joey keeps his copy of "The Shining" in thefreezer-just to be sure the spooks don't get him at night. I thought it was a dumb joke then. Now I keep my copy of "The Shining" safely stored the freezer as well. This book, even before the frightening climax at the end (which makes me cry like a baby every time), is truly creepy. When it isn't scaring you with room 217 or Jack's raves, it has a certain eerie undertone. You'll be afraid to go to sleep with this book lying beside you. Read it. Otherwise, you'll be missing out on one of the most moving, frightening, even poignant novels of modern times.
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Summary: scary,bloody,gory,and extremly intense
Review: This is my favorit book I have ever read. Stephen King wrot this book so scarry my mom didn't whant me to read anothe King book but I talked her in to it. I like it so much I started to wright a book called the return of the shining I couldn't stop reading it. Even the scary parts
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Summary: The Shining
Review: King did it again! His third book was a masterpeice. The whole thing was suspenseful, exciting, and plain scary. Anyone who loves scary stories you must read this
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Summary: The original ghost story
Review: This is Stephen King's best. Even if you're a fan, or just someone that likes to be scared, The Shining is for you. Forget those campfire stories about the ghost with the hook, THIS is a ghost story for the ages. Start with a malevolent hotel, add a collection of guests that won't let any thing stop them from leaving, not even death, and top it off with a crazed father chasing a psychic kid with a croquet mallet, and you've a masterpiece. Just don't read it with the lights out.
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Summary: A great
Review: The Shining was a wonderful book. I will never stay at a hotelagain. You have to read this book (if you don't get scaredeasily). SK's writing techniques are great.
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