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The Shining by Stephen King

184 reviews

greytai's review

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dark emotional tense slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

Disliked the writing from the perspective of Hallorann, it just felt awkward being written from a white guy. I wish Danny's coming of age too rearly moment was more focused on, but he comes of age too much- he's an 8 year old ghat truly can't process whats going on. But really enjoyed the Hotel coming alive and interacting with the character. The wholesome ending was cute and enjoyable though.

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mightyfrenchbookworm's review against another edition

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dark mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Diverse cast of characters? No

3.75

SK a encore réussi a construire et augmenter graduellement la tension jusqu'à la fin.
Encore là, pas fan de l'utilisation du mot n**** et de sa façon de décrire les femmes comme de pauvres petites bêtes (des cruches) sans défense qui ont besoin de quelqu'un pour les sauver.

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witchnova's review

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challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.0

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curlykristenk's review

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challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

It was a bit slow moving at first but every chapter left me intrigued at the same time. It was really interesting the way King describes Jack’s perspective in his

decent into madness and convincing himself what he was doing was right

and Danny’s perspective being a 5 year old (although at times it definitely didn’t read like a 5 year old). Also has a bit of casual racism (it’s an older book but still a bit jarring) apart from that I really liked it! It made me very creeped out, had my heart racing and I think it was written really well!

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loves_nurse's review against another edition

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tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.25

Early Stephen King's writing really blossoms with this book. However the casual use of the N-word is jarring to read in modern age.

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katie316says's review

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dark tense slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

The Shining has been one of my favorite movies for years, but I feel like I’m unable to enjoy it as much now that I’ve read the book and seen how much was left out and changed in the film. Of the two, I preferred the story of the novel. I think King did a great job creating nuanced and interesting characters with clear backstories and motivation. I also think he did an incredible job with the writing of specifically Danny’s scenes. It really brought me back to the feeling of being a scared little kid frozen in fear by my imagination.

For that reason, the scene of Danny staring at the fire house worried it would come after him like a snake really stuck with me.

However my complaint, like many others have said, is King’s long winded writing style. In my opinion this book was just too long for it’s content and would have benefitting from some editing down. I think the story alone would be 5 stars to me but that was lessened by the length.

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