Customer Reviews
lucy port - By: lucy port, 16 Aug 2008 
I reallly liked this book,it is much better then the stanley kubrick version.Much more indepth & scary i thought!It was definitively another page turner for me!The part in it when the topiary animals come alive!
"The Shine" - By: DevJohn01, 19 Apr 2008 
After having read Stephen King's 'THE STAND' I could not wait to get my hands on some of his other classic works. Before reading 'THE STAND' I had never been a huge fan of King's, I'd read a few of his books here & there but never any of the ones considered to be classics. So after reading 'THE STAND' I naturallly decided to pick up 'THE SHINING' next. Having seen the Stanley Kubrick movie many, many years ago I felt a sense of de ja vu when starting this book which, unfortunately caused me to get off to a very slow start but once I got through the first hundred & fifty or so pages I was hooked.
The story of the haunted Overlook Hotel is enough to scare any reader, especiallly if you read this book late at night, which I often did! But also the story of the Torrance family who the hotel's ghosts tore apart so handily is also heartbreaking & King deals with alll of their thoughts & emotions very well here. While I do admit that there were parts of this book that dragged, overalll it was a great reading experience, King can be a master story teller when he is on & he was definitely on when writing 'THE SHINING'. And if you are, like I was, worried that seeing the movie will ruin the book for you, I can assure you that the similarities are few & far between & the ending is completely different! So don't let that tiny detail deter you from reading this classic!
Its still one of Kings best works - By: Ian Young, 09 Mar 2008 Its still of of Stephen Kings best books. Forget the film. The book is a great read & has almost gone & been forgotten.
This is a classic piece of litrature.
Im seonas daughter...heres what i think..... - By: Mrs. Seona Frost, 08 Jan 2008 well its a good book. i Was sitting up alll night when i got scared of the guy in the dog suit, & i nearly cried when Jack hurt Danny after he told him about the hedge animals. thank you stephen king for writing a great & scary book... too many swear words though
Ellie Frost aged 12
The shining - By: robertwhitley, 17 Sep 2007 
i watched the film about a month ago, i wasn't impressed but i decided to read the book. i read it & i found it extraordinary dull. All the characters are one-dimensional. Danny & jack are so damn annoying, i felt as if i wanted to punch the living daylights out of them. King's works are pretty much the same thing. same plot. same characters. same endings. why doesn't he stop writing?
if you want to we scared out of your pants then read Poe or Harries novels.
