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Summary: VERY COMPELLING ! ! ! ! !
Review: i had not seen the movie before reading this book so i was not sure what to expect exactly. i was in for a pleasant surprise! the book is basically about a writer of whom cannot controll his anger or his drinking, and both seem to continue to have him shut doors upon himself! the drinking he gets in check, as for the attitude, he tries but not before it gets the better of him and he looses his job as a debate teacher for an incident he has with a student! hence we have the overlook hotel. with what seems to be a his last chance, he is offered a job as the caretaker at a huge, and very old hotel in maine that shuts down in the winters becouse of the snow storms. unfortionaly for jack and his family this is no normal hotel, and with danny (jacks boy) being able to "shine" it makes for some very interesting problems. fore come to find out the overlook has some very, very interesting and colorful backgrounds!! shinning is basicly described as being with a sixth sense or hearing and seeing things that normal people cannot! in the end basicaly this hotel is living and likes the terrance family ecspealiy danny, and doesnt want the to leave...ever! being snowed end with no phone just doesnt seem to help matters!! a definite personal fav. and would recamend to anyone!
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Summary: not so great
Review: i read this book when i was 12, thought it was the greatest thing ever. i just finished reading it again, im 32. its pretty poorly written in parts - a lot of parts. stanley kubricks film was excellent. i think this because he edited out all of the stupid, unbelievable things in the book, like the hedge animals coming to life. so ridiculous. he also added the scenes with the little ghost girls that was so much more affective than what was written in the book.
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Summary: The Shining
Review: The Shining kept me up for hours at night as I heard noises all over the house.This is Stephen Kings finest novel ever. I give the movie and the miniseries 5 stars.
The Overlook Hotel has an evil history which can be brought to life by people who have The Shining, or Jack Torrances son Danny. Jack and his family must take care of the Overlook for the whole winter. Could there be a clasic case of cabin fever? You will have to find this out for yourself. It's nearley impossible to predict the "forgotten" ending of this Stephen King masterpiece.
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Summary: the shining masque of the red death?
Review: i don't know about you but i got REALLY sick of all the references to the 'masque of the red death' by edgar allen poe. geez, they're neverending. you hear (the Red Death held sway over all!) as much as you hear REDRUM. i liked the book but i could have done without all the references to poe's short story.
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Summary: the shining
Review: I thought The Shining by Steven King was a excellent novel. I thought King wrote really well throughout the book. If you like novels where it is mostly horror where you are concerned for the people this is a good book for you. This book also makes you think a lot about the shining and if any of this stuff could really happen. This novel pushes people's beliefs because a lot in this novel couldn't happen in real life, but while you're reading you think about if any of this could be true ad really happen. I know most of it, like the hotel wanted to kill Danny and Wendy, could never happen in real life but I think that some people actually have something sort of like the shining. I really thin that some people can read minds and see things that will happen in the future. I really enjoyed that part out of the book, just thinking about it.
This novel is not slow. When the people are sitting there talking it is usually interesting and you want to know what they are talking about. While there is also a a lot of action in this novel. Well, of course there has to be action, the man tries to kill his wife and kid but there is action besides that.
Throughout the book, it kept my interest, especially the end. When I got to the last 250 pages I read it all in one day, on account I couldn't put it down, I just had to know what was going to happen. It was pretty scary to, jack was chasing Danny and Wendy around the house and Danny was having images of bad stuff and it was really good. I was concerned for Wendy and Danny because they were so close to death so many times and I had no idea what was going to happen.
I know a lot of the people out there reading his want to red this book because of the movie, this book is much better hen the movie.The book has a better ending, has more exciting things happen in it, and doesn't have any of those slow scenes where it shows the area that they are in for five minutes. The book also developed the character's more, in the movie I didn't think at all that Jack had a little of the shining. In the novel "His nostrils flared a little...soap?" Jack thought when he went in the bathroom of 217 after his son had been strangled in that same area. Jack also noticed the plant animals moving toward him, ready to kill him ,"When he had come down the path (the dog) had been siting up.....now it was crouched, head tilted, the clipped merge of the mouth seemed to snarl slightly....the lions were closer to the tracks". When Danny had noticed they were moving later in the novel it was more intense but still that proves that Jack has a little of the shining.
If you like very slow bring novels, then the shining is not for you. The shining is fast paced, scary, long (so more happens in the novel), and has very good writing. This probably isn't for the person that likes slow boring books and the person that only reads novels that are complete believable because with this novel you have to think outside the box.
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Summary: THE SHINING SHINES WITH TERROR!
Review: Stephen King creates imaganitive moods of suspence and terror in the Shining, and he does it with a storybook charm.
The Shining will not only make you wonder "What will happen next?".It is forever making you ask yourself "What just happened?" You will be too frightned to even consider putting the book down.
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Summary: For the fans
Review: I didn't get to read all of it because I had checked it out of the library in town, but I found that everything i read i loved. I had also checked out bag of bones by S.K. and Without Remorse by Tom Clancy. I had three weeks to read all three books and i was close to finishing this one. It is now my most favorite book of all time and am still looking forward to purchasing it. I originally got it because my favorite band ,lollipop lust kill, song "Bury You" was based on it. I now hooked on it.
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Summary: Better than Nicholson
Review: The Shining was one of the scariest, consuming books I have ever read, and it stands as one of King's best. His earliest stuff, actually, when he actually created characters which were engrossing. Any resemblance to the movie by Kubrick is sheer coincidence, and not all credible. This book kicks it where it hurts, and you care about every character, and not just Jack. The scenes are mesmerizing, and the mood eerie, and the ending is incredible. Read it with a light on. Recommended.
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Summary: Still my favorite
Review: I first saw the movie based on this book at age seven, and finally read the book itself at twelve. Despite my opinions concerning The Stand as being King's masterpiece, The Shining still remains a personal favorite of mine.The book focuses on the breakdown of a particular family isolated within a genuine example of the archetypal Bad Place. Jack Torrance, a struggling writer with a shaky past of alcoholism, unemployment, and a mercurial temper, obtains the position of winter caretaker of the Overlook Hotel, a mountain lodge illustrious enough to shadow its more tenebrous and gory history. The Overlook's history, while providing the subterranean forces contributing to this breakdown, is especially manifested to Torrance's five-year-old son, Danny, who possesses an awesome power enabling him to see these forces through images of the hotel's past. Wendy, the mother in this family, is initially oblivious to the hotel's nature, but ultimately stands torn between her love for her husband and her care for her son. Eventually, Danny himself becomes a pawn as his father becomes progressively influenced and corrupted by the Overlook. This book is one of King's finest and he uses his well-esteemed finesse brilliantly in portraying the ulterior currents in not only the hotel, but also within Jack's and Danny's respective minds. If you have only seen the movie (Kubrick version), I strongly recommend reading the book; in my opinion, the movie was lacking and did not touch on the finer points King presented. I don't believe you'll be disappointed.
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Summary: Love it!!
Review: I love this book. And I can`t normally get into a book without getting bored, but this book just sucks you in. Highly recommended!
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