THE SHINING (REISSUE) Paperback – 10 November 2011

This book is one of the best horror fiction books to ever exist. Yes I said it. The movie does not include all the thought process and visions going on in Jack's mind. Stephen King's writing is truly magnificent. A must read for a fiction lover.Thrilling and interesting, the characters are nicely developed, you can imagine the scenes like th lady in the bath tub very vividly because of the way stephie describes it.

Of late I find myself reminiscing about the books of yesteryear, often those I read when I was more "impressionable",as it is put quite often.The ghost story, horror and other genres with similar intent have of late turned into a bland, convoluted, misconstrued mess, tripping over their feet, with pacing awry and the plot almost as dense as a children's show.*Spoilers Maybe*Revisiting this monolith reminded me of why I adored this genre and Stephen King. With a plot depicted with such prowess and loving, intricate detail and the character dynamics especially that of Jack and his son and his memories of his own father. His gradual descent into decadence and lunacy, Wendy and her primal motherhood, Dick and his selflessness and moreover The Overlook and its transient menace which exacerbates as the story progresses. It makes you feel at home with the characters, each one of them as you peruse through the book, a rarity in modern fiction. Do yourself a favour, just buy the book, it's worth it. Every dime.

To begin with it took me three weeks to read this novel. I was scared to bits and I still am. NOT recommending this book for the weak hearts!The book begins with the introduction of the “Torrance family” that has Jack, Wendy and their five year-old son Danny. Jack is talented but not successful as a writer. His alcoholism and temper made him lose his job and has nearly destroyed an ability he had to earn a living. He gets his last chance, through the offices of an old friend, which is to work as a caretaker in the “Outlook Hotel”.During the winter months, the hotel gets covered in snow and is inaccessible, Jack and his family sign the four months contract of complete isolation. As an added warning by one of the employees, Jack was told that the previous caretaker Grady had gone crazy with cabin fever and killed his wife and two daughters and then himself. Knowing that he has no other options, Jack agrees to take the job in the hopes that when spring comes, his play will be completed and the family will be able to make a fresh start.A famous horror novel, “The Shining” has the ability to scare its readers. The book is not very violent, but there are many jump scares and disturbing accounts, many of which may be too frightening for the fresh readers. It deals with themes of demonic possession and maintains an unsettling atmosphere throughout.Lastly, I’m a big fan of horror movies and novels, but this is quite possibly the scariest I’ve ever read. This is not a gory, jump-scare heavy, fright fest, it’s a slow burn movie that doesn’t need those things to scare you.#A Great Masterpiece! No wonder Stephen King is a “PRO” in horror writing!

My first proper horror novel, amazing experience to say nonetheless! Proud to be able to experience Mr Stephen King's craft!

I think we all know that the book is great, that's why we are buying it, but my main concern was the quality because i have received tele-printed versions of book, and you may call me superficial, but I prefer the pages to be of a certain thickness, with a little rough texture and a little tinge of yellow. And the one by hodder publisher is just that. It was of good quality, with that typical, new book smell. The story of course is amazing. I loved every word of it. I can't believe I watched the movie first, that was a shame. All in all, it's a must-buy, and you should definitely let yourself enjoy this book

"𝙈𝙤𝙣𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙨 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙡. 𝙂𝙝𝙤𝙨𝙩𝙨 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙩𝙤𝙤. 𝙏𝙝𝙚𝙮 𝙡𝙞𝙫𝙚 𝙞𝙣𝙨𝙞𝙙𝙚 𝙤𝙛 𝙪𝙨, 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙨𝙤𝙢𝙚𝙩𝙞𝙢𝙚𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙮 𝙬𝙞𝙣."I wanna take a moment to appreciate how truly enthralling this novel is👏🏻⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀🏰Such a thrilling one!⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀🏰True classic of a horror literature!⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀🏰Scary and creepy. I LOVED it. I have no words how excited I'm getting with each book of King. When I was reading 'IT' I was so damn sure that I'm gonna read all his books soon and now that I've read 'The shining'😶like seriously?!⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀🏰How can he write so amazingly?!?!?!?!I've been literally living in the "The Overlook Hotel". Could feel everything that was happening here n there. And now I feel like I'm gonna say these above lines with EVERY. BOOK. OF. KING.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀🏰It was published in 1977 which makes me feel REALLY glad for whatsoever reason.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀🏰Definitely a must read!💯⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀🏰Also, can't wait to read the sequel soon!⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀🏰Watched the movie also, such a poor adaptation of an amazingly written book! I felt cheated while watching the movie. It's not even an inch closer to the book's eminence. The movie is a total No-go!Just hoping the sequel will make up for it.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀************************************************About the product :»At first I got a book which was dented very badly and the cover's plastic sides were also torn off which you can see in the next two pictures.»I got it replaced, the new one was better than the previous copy.»The replaced copy is still dented.»Page quality is good.»I don't find the packaging good at all!!!!Delivery guy put it in their bag like a crap. It is sent in a plastic packet which is obviously not safe for the books I guess.»Otherwise the story is all you must read!************************************************_____________________________________⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀Ratings :- ♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️/5⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀_____________________________________⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀#Stephenking #Theshining #Horror