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The Shining (The Shining, #1)

Stephen King

Why we're reading this: Horror
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Nov 25, 2019 Jessica Haider rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: 1001-books, book-to-film, thriller-thriller-night, ghosts-n-stuff

The Shining is one of those books that pretty much everyone else had read but that I had never read. Well, now I have finally read it!

I saw the film version with Jack Nicholson forever ago so I knew the basic story going in but the book was better than the film and kept me captivated throughout.

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Dec 25, 2018 Sarah rated it liked it · review of another edition

This book was not what I was expecting. I've only recently started reading King, so his writing is new to me. I was surprised to not find this book particularly frightening. I might be because I'm reading it for the first time later in life (I can imagine it scaring me more were I a younger reader), or because I've seen the movie so many times (and that imagery has stuck with me), or because I'm so into true crime that this doesn't make a blip on my psyche. What I enjoyed about this story was th ...more

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Sep 19, 2013 Jen rated it really liked it

Classic King -- can't believe I hadn't actually read it yet. It's fairly different from the movie, and better in certain ways. Eager to read the next book now. ...more

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Jun 06, 2012 Journeywoman rated it really liked it

Shelves: x-100-new-books-in-2012

I don't know how I had managed not to have read this book long ago. It was really fantastic. ...more

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Nov 19, 2013 Deb rated it really liked it

It took some time to erase the image of Jack Nicholson from my mind as I read The Shining...but once I did, I realized how sad the story really is. Jack Torrance was a tortured soul from the get-go and Danny only 5 but shouldering the burden of "the shine". Once again, I heart Stephen King :) ...more

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