Review by purecomedy - Lśnienie

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

4.0

things i liked:

most of the scares were really effective ( i especially enjoyed the playground scenes), and king does a good job building tension and an atmosphere that keeps you guessing what might be real and what is still just a haunting
i also love how king weaves in introspection and flashbacks to give us more insight into characters
the unspoken connection between people with the shining
an interesting look into addiction and its effect on the addict and their family; the novel also touched on something that i wondered about in the past: if you're an only child, do your parents feel like you're playing favourites between them?

things that were meh/i disliked:

i think wendy could have been written as a sliiightly more complex character. like, the potential was there, i just know it
the ending was a bit too sentimental to me, along with the moment where
jack regains control to tell danny that he loves him
. i just feel like the change in mood was a bit too sudden, even though i rooted for these characters