Reviews tagging 'Murder'

The Shining by Stephen King

195 reviews

lolwat's review

dark mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs and Murder

overtheedgeofthewild's review

dark slow-paced

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

1.0

A slow and long-winded read that is nothing special. This was actually the first time I've read Stephen King and have never seen the entire Shining movie. It was a book club read, and I was not expecting so much endless rambling in this book. The majority of it is psychoanalysis and history for each character. Some parts are sexualized in a disturbing (and sometimes preverted) way. This would have been a DNF for me if it weren't for book club; I got so genuinely sick of "unmask, unmask." It was repeated so often it felt like King was just trying to achieve a certain word count.  And, as other reviews have mentioned, the offensive language/slurs were gross. It was overall boring, and thus difficult for my mind not to wander to literally anything else. I ended up listening on 1.75x speed (which I never do) just to get it done and over with. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Sexism, Violence, and Murder

perthjinta's review

dark 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

4.25

I didn’t find it incredibly scary, definitely eerie.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Suicide attempt, and Murder

mermaidmommy182's review

Too triggering

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Bullying, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, and Abandonment

danibatista's review against another edition

dark tense slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Mental illness, Racial slurs, Toxic relationship, Blood, Death of parent, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Alcohol

Minor: Sexual content

corruptednatz's review

dark tense medium-paced

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

3.75

Interesting book and I like the way it ended.  I liked Jacks character and how he struggled with alcoholism and his temper, the mother Wendy, is a submissive woman who only thinks of her child. She strives to be completely different from her own mother who she detests. Danny is an interesting character trying to understand the world around him with his “shining” abilities. Lastly we need to protect Dick Hollorann. He’s the type of friend everyone needs. Just call and he will be there.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Child abuse, and Violence

Moderate: Racial slurs, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Suicide and Grief

The spontaneous racism at the end was unnecessary. When the haunts of the hotel went after each character Dick got it the worst because he’s black. Then I felt uncomfortable when the parents started to feel on each other with their kid sleeping just inches away. They eventually had sex and the kid acknowledged it when he woke up. Why does a 5 year old know that. Ick

theimposter's review

dark emotional funny mysterious tense medium-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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body horror, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Blood, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Alcohol

sylsbookcorner's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

Stephen King is the master of horror for a reason and this book is one of those reasons. The book is usually better than the movie and this book is no exception. While the movie does a good job of showing the effects of extended isolation, the book makes you feel it. You feel like you’ve been stuck in a huge hotel for months by yourself. You can sympathize with Jack because we see he is someone who truly wants to do right by his family and he’s trapped in a set of tragic circumstances. All in all, I truly enjoyed this book and can’t wait to start the sequel. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Violence, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

physicalsecrets's review against another edition

challenging dark sad tense fast-paced

• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Homophobia, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

ashthecryptid's review

dark emotional mysterious tense slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Grief, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, and Alcohol

Moderate: Forced institutionalization and Grief