Shining, The Formats: Hardcover/Paperback/Trade/Kindle/Audio/Movie/TV Miniseries/DVD First Edition Release Date: 1977
Synopsis:
Jack Torrance, his wife Wendy, and their young son Danny move into the Overlook Hotel, where Jack has been hired as the winter caretaker. Cut off from civilization for months, Jack hopes to battle alcoholism and uncontrolled rage while writing a play. Evil forces residing in the Overlook – which has a long and violent history – covet young Danny for his precognitive powers and exploit Jack’s weaknesses to try to claim the boy.
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Posted By: Rowanmayfair - 01/14/2010 - 6:02 AM EST
the book is great any king fan will enjoy the book as much as i did its a MUST READ
Posted By: Roninite - 01/03/2010 - 2:51 PM EST
this was an amazing book by an amazing author and it is by far my favorite of all King's work. it was a hundred times better than the movie though the movie was pretty good
Posted By: Gk95 - 12/26/2009 - 7:08 PM EST
this was the first book of his I read. i read it after seeing the '80 movie which was really good, but it was shockingly different from the book.
Posted By: MattG71 - 12/17/2009 - 12:39 PM EST
The first Stephen King book I read. I was fifteen, it was a summer night, my bedroom window open to let the air in. My door didn't shut completely, and creaked on its hinges when the breeze blew very softly, right at a very scary part. Damn near hit the ceiling. Thanks Mr. King, I love those moments.
Posted By: Majin_melmo - 12/15/2009 - 12:48 PM EST
I must say all of Mr. King's stories are phenomenal but I do believe "The Shining" is the most special and important to me. I recently found out that Mr. King put a lot of his own anger into Jack Torrance when he was writing this, and I'm not surprised. The human element in "The Shining" is really touching, Danny's an amazing child I'd like to know for real. Humans are imperfect creatures, we have dark thoughts to hold back (some of us succeed, some of us don't) and this story is scary as hell because it digs into each and every one of us.
