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The Shining by Stephen King

181 reviews

violents's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Alcoholism, Violence, Racial slurs, Child abuse, and Domestic abuse

Minor: Death of parent and Suicidal thoughts

witchnova's review against another edition

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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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Murder, Toxic relationship, Racism, Violence, Addiction, Alcohol, Sexism, Domestic abuse, Blood, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, and Misogyny

katie316says's review against another edition

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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Racial slurs, and Domestic abuse

Moderate: Racism

coffeekitty37's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Racism, Violence, Racial slurs, Domestic abuse, Alcoholism, Sexual violence, and Child abuse

_marycappiello3's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Toxic relationship, Violence, Alcohol, Death of parent, Death, Blood, Child abuse, Racism, Self harm, Addiction, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Cursing, Gaslighting, Physical abuse, Domestic abuse, Gore, and Racial slurs

cyndakeel's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Injury/Injury detail, and Physical abuse

gemronnoco's review against another edition

dark tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Child abuse, and Domestic abuse

michbrito's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional 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? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Alcoholism, and Child abuse

Moderate: Blood, Domestic abuse, and Murder

Minor: Racial slurs

aeroscrolls's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Alcoholism, Murder, Addiction, and Child abuse

alex60517's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, Alcohol, Physical abuse, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Sexism, Child abuse, Addiction, Blood, Body horror, Racism, Toxic relationship, Murder, Violence, Confinement, and Racial slurs

Moderate: Death of parent, Misogyny, and Death

Minor: Grief, Fire/Fire injury, Sexual content, and Vomit