This was a reread in preparation for the release of the sequel to The Shining, Doctor Sleep. I rarely read books over, so this review will be odd... I first read The Shining in the late 70s, and it was one of the scariest books I've ever read. Now, 36 years later, not so much. Perhaps because of my ...
I felt the compulsory need to revisit the Shining before its sequel came chopping its way through my door. Memorable movie moments were missing from the book and vice-versa. Having armed myself only with a previous movie viewing, the book remained fresh; moments I were expecting never appeared and m...
It's definitely not as elegant as the movie ... but I liked the story better. I liked the level of detail, I cared more about the characters, and I was happier with the ending.
The hotel is getting stronger. It wants to hurt all of us. I have to admit to having an interest in The Shiningbecause of the setting being positioned on the outskirts of Rocky Mountain National Park. This is a place near and dear to me, one which I've visited many times.The world famous Stanley Hot...
I can see why Stephen King was pissed off with Kubrick's movie. Jack is very much a stand-in for King, the alcoholic writer with a young family, and events are beyond his control in the book. In the movie, he just turns into a crazyface because of the solitude.That being said, the movie was great, a...
I would love to get a gig as the caretaker for a remote hotel over winter, said no one after reading this.The Shining is about...oh come on...If you don't know what The Shining is about by now it's because you've been living under a rock in the back of a cave for the last few decades, and frankly, y...
I've read that Stephen King didn't particularly like this adaptation of his novel, so I tried hard NOT to be influenced by it when reading The Shining. And I tried to appreciate the novel on its own merit, i.e., the writing, the structure, the spookiness vs. the actual story...which unfortunately, I...
Why only three stars? This book is suppossedly the best Stephen King book or at least the one that drove him into stardom. Unfortunally to me it is overrated. Don't get me wrong. It's a excelent book but in the movie we get the feeling of the hotel and of Jack Torrance and Danny. In the book... It l...
I read this because of the sequel that's due out later this year. Very much the same as the film except the ending which I won't tell you about, you'll just have to go read the book, it's actually entirely different and a much more satisfying ending in my view.The slow creep of madness and ratchetin...
Recovering alcoholic Jack Torrance takes a job as caretaker of the Overlook Hotel, bringing his family with him. But can even his son Danny's special gift, The Shining, stop him from going mad and butchering his family like other caretakers before him?Yes, I'm several decades late to the party in r...
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