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The Shining (The Shining, #1)

Stephen King

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Jan 01, 2014 Annie rated it really liked it

Shelves: read-in-2014

yeah. I need to sit on this one for awhile. Stephen King really cuts to the core of me. And scares the Bejesus out of me.

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Jan 08, 2010 Jason rated it liked it

Yet another example of a book that was totally overshadowed by the masterful film version. Stephen King falls into Stephen King trappings even in this early novel: he weaves complex and believable characterizations, he builds terror and suspense, and then...whoops, he blows his load three quarters of the way through the book. Instead of a climax of terror, we get a burned up hotel and an explosion to boot.

Thank goodness we have (had) directors like Kubrick to fully realize what the original auth ...more

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May 29, 2015 Scott Flicker rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: audiobook-completed, horror, completed-2015

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Apr 26, 2015 Jana rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: x2015-pop-sugar-reading-challenge

I really liked this genre when I was younger. Not so much now. Too tense. I think I prefer to relax and enjoy my reading more, now.

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Oct 31, 2016 Andy Plonka rated it really liked it

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T took me a while to convince myself to read King's work since I'm not a horror fan, but this book really shows his talent as a writer and is a true page turner. ...more

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