Book Review: The Shining by Stephen King

Title: The Shining

Author: Stephen King

Genre: Horror

Age Group: Adult (18+)

Rating: 4,5 stars

Danny was only five years old but in the words of old Mr Halloran he was a ‘shiner’, aglow with psychic voltage. When his father became caretaker of an the Overlook Hotel his visions grew frighteningly out of control.

As winter closed in and blizzards cut them off, the hotel seemed to develop a life of its own. It was meant to be empty, but who was the lady in Room 217, and who were the masked guests goin...