THE SHINING by Stephen King
The Shining is a truly scary novel. The dread builds page by page
up to the horrifying finale. The Shining is certainly one of Stephen King's greatest novels and
there are many, many of his works that are pure genius. The story is about Jack Torrance, a recovering alcoholic who accepts a job at The monstrous
Overlook hotel as a winter caretaker. Torrance, along with his wife Wendy and young son Danny move into the sprawling empty hotel where Torrance plans to write a novel.
Everything starts out well but quickly takes a bad turn and gets worse and worse for the Torrance family as Jack tumbles into violent insanity and the evil hotel revels itself for what it is.
This is a masterwork of horror. I read this novel in 3 days and enjoyed every second of it. I want to point out that even if you have seen the movie (and most people have), this book is well worth reading as it has so much more
scary content in its pages. King's prose is crisp with creeping dread and seeing Torrance go from sanity to insanity is incredible.
The Shining is a truly scary novel. The dread builds page by page
up to the horrifying finale. The Shining is certainly one of Stephen King's greatest novels and
there are many, many of his works that are pure genius. The story is about Jack Torrance, a recovering alcoholic who accepts a job at The monstrous
Overlook hotel as a winter caretaker. Torrance, along with his wife Wendy and young son Danny move into the sprawling empty hotel where Torrance plans to write a novel.
Everything starts out well but quickly takes a bad turn and gets worse and worse for the Torrance family as Jack tumbles into violent insanity and the evil hotel revels itself for what it is.
This is a masterwork of horror. I read this novel in 3 days and enjoyed every second of it. I want to point out that even if you have seen the movie (and most people have), this book is well worth reading as it has so much more
scary content in its pages. King's prose is crisp with creeping dread and seeing Torrance go from sanity to insanity is incredible.
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