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The Shining

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1300 Reviews
Random House Digital, Inc., Jun 26, 2012 - Fiction - 659 pages
Jack Torrance's new job at the Overlook Hotel is the perfect chance for a fresh start. As the off-season caretaker at the atmospheric old hotel, he'll have plenty of time to spend reconnecting with his family and working on his writing. But as the harsh winter weather sets in, the idyllic location feels ever more remote . . . and more sinister. And the only one to notice the strange and terrible forces gathering around the Overlook is Danny Torrance, a uniquely gifted five-year-old.
  

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the book's ending is WAY better than the movie! - weRead
Very chilling towards the end, full of dark imagery. - weRead
King is a very entertaining writer. - weRead
Sadly, a horrendously anticlimactic ending. - weRead
It gives you more insight into the character's minds. - weRead
Great imagery and detail. - weRead

Review: The Shining (The Shining #1)

User Review  - Rebecca - Goodreads

3.5 I expected to be blown away....I really really wasn't. Always slightly unwilling to go against what everyone thinks but I can't help it. It leaves me confused thinking, really? This book? What's ... Read full review

Review: The Shining (The Shining #1)

User Review  - Bucket - Goodreads

Abandoned. The pages and pages of interior monologue were just too much for me. I wanted to like it--I really did. But King's writing makes me want to climb up the walls. And not in the way I believe he intended. Read full review

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About the author (2012)

Stephen King is the author of more than fifty books, all of them worldwide bestsellers. Among his most recent are 11/22/63; Full Dark, No Stars; Under the Dome; Just After Sunset; Duma Key; Lisey's Story; Cell; and the concluding novels in the Dark Tower saga: Wolves of the Calla, Song of Susannah, and The Dark Tower. His acclaimed nonfiction book, On Writing, is also a bestseller. He was the recipient of the 2003 National Book Foundation Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters, and in 2007, he received the Grand Master Award from the Mystery Writers of America. He lives in Maine with his wife, novelist Tabitha King.

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