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Book Review of The Shining

The Shining
The Shining
Author: Stephen King
Genres: Literature & Fiction, Horror
Book Type: Paperback
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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.