The Shining

But as the harsh winter weather sets in, the idyllic location feels ever more remoteand more sinister. As the off-season caretaker at the atmospheric old hotel, he'll have plenty of time to spend reconnecting with his family and working on his writing. Jack Torrance's new job at the Overlook Hotel is the perfect chance for a fresh start. And the only one to notice the strange and terrible forces gathering around the Overlook is Danny Torrance, a uniquely gifted five-year-old.

Get Ready to Take your Medicine!!! The Shining is one of the best horror stories that I have ever read. It is Stephen King at his finest. I read this book about 25 years ago and it terrified me, and of course I have also seen the movie with Jack Nicholson a bunch of times over the years since reading the book. When I found out that Stephen King was publishing a sequel to The Shining this year, I wanted to prepare, so I dove back into re-reading The Shining and found that there was much that I did not recall about the book's intricacies regarding plot and characters, and tons of things that we. "Don't read at night alone!" according to Eileen. King is one of the most prolific writers of not only suspense / horror, but in all genres. His writing is so descriptive that you can see each blade of grass or smell the ocean as the protagonists and / antagonists do. He has a way of magically transporting the reader into the story. The Shining is about a recovering down-on-his-luck school teacher who is an aspiring playwright. He takes on the job of caretaker of a huge old resort hotel during the off season as a last resort to provide for his family. What he doesn't know is that the hotel is also a warehou. Kenneth A. McKinley said King Didn't Become Famous by Starting Out Writing Clunkers. Book King Didn't Become Famous by Starting Out Writing Clunkers Book 3 of The Stephen King Challenge and my third time reading The Shining. There's a reason it's considered one King's very best. It has everything that makes a book great. Great characters that have many layers to them and we invest in. One spooky, desolate location that oozes evil. A nice, tight storytelling that builds tension without filler. To steal a often-used line from old rock stars describing their latest album - It's All Killer and No Filler.For me, watching the overtaking of Jack by the Overlook was the part of the story that made the biggest im. of The Stephen King Challenge and my third time reading The Shining. There's a reason it's considered one King's very best. It has everything that makes a book great. Great characters that have many layers to them and we invest in. One spooky, desolate location that oozes evil. A nice, tight storytelling that builds tension without filler. To steal a often-used line from old rock stars describing their latest album - It's All Killer and No Filler.For me, watching the overtaking of Jack by the Overlook was the part of the story that made the biggest im