( 36 reviews )
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Posted: May 12 2009
The Shining. It's a scary, suspenseful book by Stephen King. This is probably the best book I have ever read. It is about an ordinary family of a mother, (Wendy) father, (Jack) and son, (Danny). Jack gets a job as the winter caretaker of the Overlook Hotel. At this hotel, there has been a lot of murders and when there are murders, a little bit of that leaves a trace of itself. When they move into the Overlook Hotel, Jack starts feeling possessed. This book is also about the family's will to survive in this awful hotel. I rated this book 5 stars because you will never want to put it down and you will want to read even more Stephen King books. This book never has a boring page. I think that the characters in the book are played out really well. Stephen King shows how the characters change very descriptively and well. Stephen King is a very good author and you should really try out his books, especially The Shining. I recommend this book to everyone except people who get scared very easily. I think whoever reads this book and they would love it. -ZMC
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Posted: Apr 22 2009
Well, I enjoyed this book quite a bit - much more than the movie, that's for sure! I mean, this was actually pretty creepy, whereas the movie...well, I guess I like Jack Nicholson too much to be scared of him. Oh, well. I liked this much more than _Cujo_! All in all, it was a good story, with tense pacing and an interesting premise.
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Posted: Apr 2 2009
I can't believe I haven't read this until now. I wish I'd never seen the movie because I anticipated certain scenes which downplayed the scare factor for me. That aside, I loved the book. Better than the movie. King's characters really come alive (as usual) to pull you into the story. One of his best.
