Way better than the movie and one of King's best.

'It's not your daddy talking, remember. It's the hotel.'

I just finished this book. All I have to say is 'wow.' This book has completely blown my mind. It probably sounds totally ridiculous, but I feel like this book has change my life! Hahahah!!! Seriously though... I felt like I was reading The Neverending Story, like I was a part of the story and the characters were talking to me. I know that's dumb, but no book has ever made me feel that way before. (Or maybe I was just scared out of my wits).

This was my first Stephen King book. I always thought he was probably overrated, but no way. The thing I want to warn everyone about is: you cannot compare the Stanley Kubrick movie to the book. They're two totally different stories in my opinion.

One of the greatest horror stories of all time, in my opinion. A family in seclusion during the entire Colorado winter, living with the ghosts of the behemoth hotel, The Overlook,,,,you know someone is going to go off the deep end. But, is it "cabin fever" or something else? LOVE this book.

One of Stephen King's finest novels. Perfect exploration of the mind of a madmen. This book is a terrific psychological thriller, very well written, and scary as all get-out.

the book was soo much better than the movie!! highly recommend it if you love to be scared! :)

I couldn't go to the bathroom with the shower curtain closed for MONTHS! This book terrified me.

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A great classic horror.

Slow start but great book

Slow start and mid-point, but so worth the read!!

The Overlook Hotel is more than just a home-away-from-home for the Torrance family. For Jack, Wendy, and their young son Danny, it is a place wher past horrors come to life. And where those gifted with the shining do battle with the darkest evils.

Very scary. Have to read with the lights on.

Terrible events occur at the isolated Overlook Hotel. It's a place where the guests are deceased but not necessarily departed, high in the wintry Rocky Mountains in the off season. A family checks in so the father can write, and terror lurks behind every door. Their son, who has psychic powers but does not know he has them and does not know how to use them, struggles to hold his own against the forces of evil that are driving his father insane.

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