Book Review: The Shining, By Stephen King
Hope everyone is having a great Labor Day weekend. For me it’s
been an opportunity to check out my library, take the guesswork out, and settle
in with a book I enjoyed so much the first time around. I just finished
re-reading Stephen King's The Shining, and Wow all over again!
Thrilling, terrifying, edge of my seat. The Shining
follows Jack Torrance, a struggling writer and recovering alcoholic, who takes
a job as the caretaker of the Overlook Hotel, a secluded resort in the Colorado
mountains that’s closed for the winter months. Along with his wife Wendy and son
Danny (a psychic), Jack hopes to find peace and inspiration in the hotel. Yeah,
right, in a novel by Stephen King?! Evil is lurking in every room of this
place, and before I knew it, Jack found himself in … well … you’ll have to
figure that one out for yourselves. Hint: “Here’s Johnny!”
The Shining
is a masterpiece of suspense, horror, and psychological fiction. King's writing
is superb, the story filled to the brim with vivid characters, atmospheric
settings, and chilling scenes that were still haunting me when I finished the
last chapter and sat down to write this review.
I highly recommend The Shining to anyone who loves
horror, or anyone in need of just a good story per se. It's one of those books
that you can read time and again, and discover something new. I’d also
recommend this novel for fall reading when the nights cool off and we throw the
blankets on. I picked a cool, breezy night, but had to keep the lights on…
The Shining on Amazon
ROBERT ELLIS WRITERS BLOG
09/04/2023
