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by Robert A Cook
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by Grove A. Day
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by (Editor: Sasha Alyson)
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by Dick Francis
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by John Wesley Howard
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The shining
by Stephen King
Product Group: Book
ISBN: B00005WU14
Unknown Binding
SKU: mon0000002604
Condition: Good
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Editorial Reviews
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Product Description
Terrible events occur at an isolated hotel in the off season, when a small boy with psychic powers struggles to hold his own against the forces of evil that are driving his father insane. Reissue.
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Customer Reviews
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Delightful.
Rating  (5)
Date: 2008-11-26
My favorite King novel,second only to the exorcist all time in the realm of plot based novels.
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PULLS ITS PUNCHES. More promise than action.
Rating  (4)
Date: 2008-11-21
THE SHINING is an excellent read, and had the potential to be better than it is, but King pulled his punches on every occasion when the story had an opportunity to go from great to sublime. King's ambivalence about the characters dilutes their energy. That is, Jack's congenital alcoholism and identification with his father should have been collateral to a Faustian pact with the Devil. You know, trade Danny for fame and fortune as a writer, and use the booze and pathology to make the kid get with the program.
This would have set up an internal Armegeddon in Jack, where his good battles his evil for the boy.
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A Metaphor
Rating (5)
Date: 2008-11-19
The one thing about this story that is often overlooked is that it is a metaphor...for alcoholism..a subject King knows about all too well. it is no surprise that King disliked Kubrick's interpretation, as it completely ignored this element. Jack Torrance was not an evil man. He was a loving father and husband who had bouts of evil when the Overlook Hotel exerted its influence on him..get the idea of how this book is a metaphor? Also The character of Dick Halloran plays a huge role in the book and Kubrick made him no more than the token mentor who always "dies in the end". Danny and Dick's relationship in the book is much deeper and significant. Even Wendy, Jack's wife shows an incredible strength and resolve that Kubrick seemingly ignored. Rebecca DeMornay (sp) was more true to Wendy Torrance. In short, the book is leaps and bounds better than Kubrick's interpretation..although on its own, Kubrick's movie has its own merits..the Twins in the hall ("Come play with us Danny") still creep me out to this day!!!
Do yourself a favor and read this book, it is deep, it is meaningful and it is far superior to Kubrick's interpretation
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Interesting Book
Rating (5)
Date: 2008-10-16
The Shining is a great book, if you have enough time to read it. I have only gotten about half-way through it, and had to stop to finish up another book. I do believe that anyone can read this book, and it is a privilage to do so. When I am caught up with my reading, I will finish this interesting book. :D
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Absolutely enjoyable!
Rating (5)
Date: 2008-09-21
2 out of 2 customers found this reveiw helpful
I just happen to finish this book today, which I just found out is Mr. King's birthday (Sept. 21st). After reading King's The Tommyknockers and Lisey's Story, which were exasperatingly wordy, I found The Shining a real treat to read. The novel has a richness that Kubrick's film lacked completely. King has a superb talent for creating characters that seem unbelievably real. You really get to know the characters inside and out - especially Jack. He's a good, highly intelligent educated father that loves his family and tries really hard to do good for them (like giving up alcohol) but he just has a real bad temper (he bites his tongue and restrains his fists throughout most of the story). Unable to find work, his friend hires him to take care of The Overlook Hotel during the winter season. From the very beginning, Jack and his family have to contend with the dark supernatural forces that live within the hotel. Not only does Jack have to battle against his constant craving for a drink, the hotel's evil forces play on his temperament and drudges up his past; namely, his relationship with his abusive father when Jack was a young boy himself. He starts to feel that his struggles to provide for his family go unappreciated, and he ultimately ends up personifying his father and the Overlook itself, sending him off into a murderous rage.
Blessed (or cursed) with the shining, Jack's son, Danny, seems to suffer the most. Not only does he have to endure terrifying encounters with ghouls and ghosts, his sixth sense does not spare him the terror of what's to come.
And poor Wendy.......
There are many scenes in the novel that the movie did not have, and many scenes in the movie that the novel did not have. The climax and ending were completely different. So just because you saw the movie, doesn't mean you won't enjoy this riveting story all over again in book form. If you get your hands on this book, just make sure you have plenty of free time planned ahead because once you pick it up you're not going to want to put it down.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY Mr. King! :) You truly are a genius in every sense of the word.
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