The Shining

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Summary: January 11, 2005 - 8:32 pm
Review: finished The Shining. very dark book. not depressing, but dark. the constant allusions to the snow, cold, and wind make the feeling of the book sinister and dim. character development made it boring in the beginning, but then again so are all of the beginnings of king's books. i call this book suspense more so than horror. it was pretty good. could've been a 400 page book if the words weren't so damn big.

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Summary: What I thought of The Shining by Stephen King.
Review: i have not read too many of stephen kings books but i have noticed that when he writes a book he kind of loses interest towards the end of the book. that is just something that i have noticed about Stephen King's writing.

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Summary: Good book, but not near as good as the movie
Review: I just finished reading The Shining, and although it was a good book, compared to the Stanley Kubrick movie, it just paled in comparison. The movie always had a creepy feel as Jack went closer and closer to violent insanity, but the book wasn't very scary. At the end of the book I was really looking forward to Jack's psychotic chase after Wendy and Danny, but it was short and in my opinion a let down. Don't get me wrong, I enjoyed it, but the book didn't have the scary qualities I was expecting to see.

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Summary: The Shining
Review: this is one of the best book I have ever read. Stephen King does a wonderful job.