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The Shining by Stephen King

55 reviews

elisabethkatee's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious 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? It's complicated

4.25

holy shit. what a story. felt both very short (compared to others like ‘the stand’ and ‘it’) but also terribly long and in depth… it really sucks you in and makes you question things, just like the Overlook does i guess ! really loved this anyway and gonna read dr sleep next wooh!!

also i can see a little more why king didn’t like kubrick’s adaptation, especially when jack in many ways was a reflection of king himself in his drinking days… that slow descent into madness from a really genuine guy/father just doesn’t show through as much with nicholson, he’s kinda just like mad to begin with. haha idk i’ll have to watch the film again.

kinda hated all the racial slurs but we just close our eyes and pretend we do not see🫠🫣

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Toxic relationship, Murder, Violence, Racial slurs, Physical abuse, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Body horror, Addiction, Child abuse, and Blood

zoe_reads87's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Racial slurs, and Murder

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Child abuse, Death of parent, and Body horror

virginiaaaa's review against another edition

dark lighthearted mysterious 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

4.0

It's amazing.  I highly recommend it.  Especially to horror fans, since it is a classic of the genre.  Even better if you haven't seen the film adaptation yet.  Stephen King said that he did not particularly like him, because he strays a lot from his original story.  That does not mean that it is also a work of cinema, and I do recommend it for after reading.

 Continuing with the book...

 It can be a bit heavy, as King's style of writing is complicated at first.  But when he gets used to it he positively surprises you.  I like the harmony of the factors and the way in which the events unfold.  And as in the end, you see everything so clearly.

 The evolution presented by the characters, especially Jack's, is impressive.  It's one of the things I appreciate most about the book.

 It feels like you're actually there with them, the setting is 10/10.

 Stephen King always surprises me.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide, Alcoholism, Body horror, Domestic abuse, and Violence

natwood00's review against another edition

dark tense slow-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

3.5

This was my first time reading a Stephen King book. I was very excited to begin The Shining but was slightly disappointed with how slow of a read this book is. It dives in deep to the characters history and doesn’t really get super interesting until you are over half way through the book. Stephen King is known for a LOT of detail in his writing which can make it difficult to get in to. That being said, I still enjoyed finishing the book. Stephen King may just not be for me! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Death, Cursing, Murder, and Body horror

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

ohmseloquent's review against another edition

medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• 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: Physical abuse, Murder, Racial slurs, and Racism

Moderate: Child abuse, Alcoholism, Blood, and Body horror

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

rat_king6767's review against another edition

dark emotional 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Addiction, Alcohol, Blood, Body horror, and Gore

Moderate: Child abuse, Alcoholism, Car accident, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Racism, and Alcohol

Minor: Racial slurs

metr0w0man's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Blood, Body horror, Domestic abuse, Injury/Injury detail, and Racism

kaykad's review against another edition

dark 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

I never got around to reading this because I always thought the movie was a faithful adaptation. 

It's not. 

Many of the hauntings in the overlook are psychological; an internal monologue that's overtaken by an other, intrusive thoughts, daydreams and nightmares. We don't get any of that in the film. This is SCARY. So well paced. 

It's definitely a little misogynistic, racist and xenophobic here and there though, so, there's that. Which is also scary. 

Wanted to read a classic King beofre diving into his new book and this did not disappoint! Totally understand the friends episode where Joey puts his copy of the shining in the freezer.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Body horror, Blood, Violence, Toxic relationship, Sexual violence, Sexism, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Gore, Emotional abuse, Alcoholism, Xenophobia, Child abuse, Racism, Racial slurs, Pedophilia, Misogyny, Mental illness, and Death