A review by aeronek
The Shining by Stephen King

dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • 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

This book is very well written. That is both a good and a very very bad thing. This book took me 2 months, and I mean that in the best possible way. It at times made me sick to my stomach. The movie did no justice on the trauma that both Danny and Wendy went through. In the movie  it was like a light switch, bam they got there, bam he turned crazy .but no in reality of the slow process of him going insane. And that’s the thing they could even see that “this isn’t my dad it’s the hotel”. I don’t know how people write like this. Would recommend to anyone who can stomach gore. 
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