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By Book Riot · 90 posts · 1679 views
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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.
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.
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
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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.
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Jun 06, 2012
Journeywoman
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really liked it
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I don't know how I had managed not to have read this book long ago. It was really fantastic.
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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 :)
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Had to reread it before I start Doctor Sleep- I forgot how good it is! So creepy! Now for the sequel!
Nov 18, 2009
Cass Sadek
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it was amazing
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Feb 22, 2010
Nadine in NY Jones
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really liked it
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