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Summary: A great title
Review: I really enjoyed the book. As pointed out in the intro by KIng (and by the last review) this book has a lot simplier prose than later books, but its just so good! Things intertwine, the characters are strong,the stroy is well-paced. And, 'o course, its scary. Its a great way to start off on KIng books.
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Summary: READ IT NOW!!!
Review: At first, this book was kinda boring. Once, you get into it, you can't put it down! This is definately Stephen King's scariest book. I was kind of disappointed with the ending. I recommend this to everyone!
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Summary: The Ultimate Cabin Fever
Review: This is the first novel of King work that I read. I had first seen the Kubrick movie and I was scared to death. I had to read the book. I was surprised at the differences. As I got further along in the story, I felt I was inside the minds of these three characters. The dillusions, the voices, the ghosts, the masks. When I completed this novel, I was still thinking about it for hours after. What struck me as the most frightening was that somthing like this COULD happen! Not the SHINING that Danny possessed, of course, but the mental breakdown of this man, stuck in a huge hotel for months with no one but his wife and young son. The mind is a powerful force. It can make you believe things that aren't real. You'll hear things that aren't there to be heard. You'll see things that aren't there to be seen. King goes into a lot of reality with this book, and the mind can be the scariest monster of all. I HIGHLY recommend this novel as a first KING read.
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Summary: Ridiculously Great!!!
Review: I am not an avid reader, and read very little. But when I started reading this book, I COULD NOT PUT IT DOWN.The whole book was so real, especially the sequence in room 217.
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Summary: Very cripy
Review: The novel is excellent! I highly recommended it. I've seen other styles online such as Ouranos. Enjoy!
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Summary: Very cripy
Review: I believe this novel to be one of King's best. When Kubrick put his magic to it, it really came to life. There are many that have follwed in line in terms of style....
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Summary: The Shining
Review: The Shining
By: Stephen King
reviewed by: j.y. Kim
period:6
the book, The Shining, is by Stephen King. it is about a family of three, who stay at a hotel called the overlook for the winter and spring. the parents, Jack and Wendy torrance, look at it as a new beginining. however, their son, Danny Torrance knows tat something is not right and also knows that they are in grave danger. during the winter, te father, jack, somehow gets possessed by the evils of the hotel and tries to kill his wife, wendy, and his son, danny. but in the end, the overlook hotel blows up with Jack in it while wendy and danny is safe outside.
i liked this book very much. it was very scary and it was a thriller. naturally, i am very fond of Stephen King's books. the thing i like about it is that it sort of, in a way shows how families would act if they didn't get along with eachother. my favorite part of the story was when Jack was going after Danny and saying," Danny, you have done something wrong. come here and take your madicine like a man." i don't know why i like that part but i just do. it is very interesting.
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Summary: The Shining
Review: The Shining
By: Stephen King
Reviewed by: J.Y. Kim
Period: 6The book, The Shining, is by Stephen King. the story is about a family of three who stay at a hotel, but something weird happens. The father, Jack Torrance, the mother, Wendy Torrance, and the son, Danny Torrance, spend their winter and spring at the Overlook hotel. The parents look at it as a new beginning. however, Danny knows that something is not right. strange things happen at the Overlook hotel. Danny's dad, Jack Torrance gets possessed somehow, and goes crazy. he tries to kill wendy and danny. ...
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Summary: Chilling
Review: In this case, the movie was as good as the book, thanks to Stanley Kubrick directing it. Nonetheless, the book is well worth reading as well, since the entire story is absolutely chilling. The Overlook Hotel is a great setting for maximum creepiness; it's a great place for people to go insane. I'm not sure the supernatural phenomena were necessary to increase the horror, though I'm guessing King would say they are central to the story. Overall, one of King's better books. Avery Z. Conner, author of "Fevers of the Mind".
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Summary: I almost gave this three stars
Review: I think after reading all the 5 star reviews of this book, my expectations may have been a little high. The story was very interesting, and as usual with King, the characters were very well written. I thought that the story dragged a little in the middle after they got to the hotel, but before the snow really started to fall. But once the story got going, it was pretty fast-paced up to the explosive ending. There are many King books that I liked better than this one, but this is a good story with good characters and is definitely worth reading.
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