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The Shining by Stephen King

89 reviews

bushrasbookbabbles's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad 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

4.5

very different than the movie and while I appreciate both forms of art I understand why some changes must be made the shining just wasn’t the right book to make a movie there was too much importance on what was going on in the heads of the characters. Also king was weird again, he mentioned tits way too many times in ways that meant nothing. I was really just sad for Jack the whole time. I understood his rage and the shame and the desire to be better but also to be respected. Poor guy :/ 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Gore, Blood, Racism, Mental illness, Injury/Injury detail, Body horror, Toxic relationship, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Racial slurs, Physical abuse, Murder, Death of parent, Child abuse, Alcohol, and Violence

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Car accident, Sexism, and Suicidal thoughts

kyoe983's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Racial slurs, Blood, Gore, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Addiction, and Alcoholism

iamthelizardqueen's review against another edition

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? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

Finally picked this up and just devoured it. Excited to watch the movie and find all the differences. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Alcohol, Physical abuse, Cursing, Death, Forced institutionalization, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Suicidal thoughts, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Alcoholism, and Blood

ten_telegrams's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Gore, Racial slurs, Murder, Child abuse, Blood, Alcoholism, Violence, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Moderate: Alcohol, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual content, Body horror, Misogyny, Domestic abuse, Confinement, and Emotional abuse

breama2022's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Violence, Alcoholism, Body horror, Addiction, Child abuse, Death, Death of parent, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Murder, Physical abuse, Confinement, and Fire/Fire injury

yellow_leaff's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense medium-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

4.5

Whenever I now hear a person in real life say: 'Take your medicine', I get a bit of a shock because of this book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Physical abuse, Mental illness, Addiction, Child abuse, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Alcohol, and Alcoholism

Minor: Self harm, Forced institutionalization, and Gun violence

kdefran117's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.25

Takes a while to get into it, but once you do, you won’t want to stop reading. Some characters are very well written. Others are very stereotypical. The hotel’s character doesn’t really come alive until the end. I wasn’t a fan of the language used in the chapters about Dick Hallorann.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Physical abuse, Alcoholism, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Blood, Violence, and Racial slurs

stevienielson's review against another edition

dark funny mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Violence, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, Racial slurs, and Alcoholism

Moderate: Sexual content, Physical abuse, Murder, and Racism

kay_ne's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense slow-paced

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

3.25

First time reading a Stephen King book and went in without any knowledge about The Shining (never watched the film and didn't look for a blurb before reading as it was difficult to read the back of the book I own). 

The first few chapters were a slog to get through- was not really feeling the book until ch. 5 - Phonebooth where, for me, it got interesting. At the beginning it starts in medias res and then are given a lot of info and some background on Jack Torrence and the following chapters give insight to the Torrence family and their struggles. The middle was a lot, but it did build up the tension for the fast action at the end. 

Given when this was written and also with what I know up to know about the world, I  didn't understand the references made such as that fastball thing and W. C. Fields' sentiments about children (that was really something to look up and be surprised at when one of the first things that pops up was a quote - "Children should neither be seen or heard from - ever again."). But quick searches helped me understand the context I suppose but that was only sometimes. There were also uses of the N-word to describe Hallorann which threw me off when reading. 

My favorite characters were by far Danny and Hallorann. By the end I also liked Wendy, but not Jack. Though, I suppose he is an easy character to hate/dislike because of his flaws. I did like how SK wrote Jack's character and how he's been affected by his alcoholism. Halfway in the book and towards the end, I didn't like him and would skim or skip whenever he has inner dialogue and would go paragraphs about things which I found boring and unnecessary at times.

On that note, in my opinion, this book could've been like 300 pages as there are pages of inner dialogue (which I sometimes enjoy) but some I found wasn't necessary and could've been shorted into a couple sentences or not have been included at all.

The epilogue was really cute.

Tldr;

- 3.25 stars

- Plot was okay, some parts I liked and other parts I didn't. Skipped a lot of the pages in the middle and end because of the long winded descriptions. (There is unfortunately uses of the N-word in describing Hallorann which for me knocked this book down from a 4 star etc that I was going to give)

- Favorite characters are Danny and Hallorann with Wendy at a close second.

- Would I read this again? No it's too long and quite boring even tho I liked the plot. 

- I'll give the movie a watch when I have the time. Also will give the book's sequel, Doctor Sleep, a try because Danny. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail and Mental illness

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Alcoholism, and Domestic abuse

Minor: Sexual content

sophiareadswaytoomuch's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective sad 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

5.0

This book lives up to the hype. I already knew bits and pieces of the plot, but even knowing most of it ahead of time just added to the tension.

I was genuinely impressed with how many good decisions the characters made, and watching the tragedy continue to unfold despite their best efforts was heart-wrenching. 

The family, including Jack, was impressively emotionally intelligent and honest with each other. Until the very end it still seemed like they might be able to salvage some of the situation. 

I found myself really invested in the characters and their relationships, and I thought Danny was very well written for a child character. 

This has immediately become one of my favourite King novels, and potentially one of my all time favourite horror novels. It’s a classic for a reason. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Alcoholism, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Grief, Domestic abuse, and Emotional abuse