Who here has read the shining? Is it good? I haven’t even seen the movie ? is it worth reading? No spoilers please!
Who here has read the shining? Is it good? I haven’t even seen the movie ? is it worth reading? No spoilers please!
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Yes and the book Doctor Sleep is the sequel and is equally great?
Thank you I’ll definitely check into reading them! ?
Agreed!
Movie is ok. Book is amazing!
Book is fantastic
Yes it is a good read. Still have yet to read the sequel Dr. Sleep… It’s in the mountain of tbr books… 🙂
The Shining is one of the scariest books I’ve ever read. I LOVED it, but was scared. Have not seen either movie. I usually find that movies rely too much on blood and guts but the visuals can never recreate what my mind can.
The Shining was one of the most frightening things I’ve ever read. The movie, while creepy, wasn’t NEARLY as terrifying….
I just finished it( I read it as a teenager too). Great book. Great story. One man’s spiral into oblivion.
Book is dangerous… (I’M weak at heart) ???… I have read it… It’s amazing for me in the sense how I used to ask my mom to get up at night and accompany me to the bathroom door when I wanted to pee… ????…
Oh, thank goodness I’m not the only one! I was reading “The Shining” as a teenager, working as the closing hostess at a restaurant, and it wasn’t uncommon for me to be up reading from 2 to 4 am. And while reading “The Shining”, going to pee in the middle of the night meant I got my 8-year-old brother up and took him to the bathroom. He never woke up, but I got to pee and I wasn’t alone.
I’m glad too… That someone as me exists…
I believe the Shining is one of King’s better works. I highly recommend it.
Ditto!
I’d consider it a master work 🙂
Yes! My personal favorite Stephen King book.
@Melissa did you?
Yup. I responded.
The Shining and The Stand are my faves by King.
The shining basically explores the existence of supernatural… It’s an extremely good concept… And no other author has seen it this way… That’s why King stays the King
The shining and Doctor sleep are both brilliant books 🙂
Time to add this to the list
There was also a 6 hour TV miniseries, years ago, that was more faithful to the book.
Yes, I’ve seen that, and it was far better than the movie
one of KIng’s best. Movie doesn’t even come close.
Book is phenomenal.
I read it.
Great book!
I tried reading it but couldn’t get into it. The best part of the movie is Jack Nicholson
He’s a great actor!
His eyebrows are awesome lol
Omg ??
Anything King is pretty good but the shining and IT were good
Those are my favourites… have you tried Doctor sleep?
It is very good.
The movie is great, but the book is so much better.
I’d highly recommend you read it, and also Doctor Sleep as mentioned by Sara…
I thought the movie and the book was very good decades ago.
I read it-I thought it was a very, very good book.
yes
Very good
The book was about a zillion times better than the movie.
I thought the movie was terrible. Of course I am not much of a Nicholson fan.
Me neither, but he didn’t fit the role anyway, nor did Shelley Duvall. In the book they were essentially a normal couple who had some issues – pretty big ones in Jack’s case. Nicholson and Duvall were weird from the start. I’ve also heard that Kubrick essentially terrorized her during the filming as a way to make her performance more “realistic” – if true. one more reason to stay away from it.
The movie was so awful, my husband and I laughed all the way through it.
I just recently reread The Shinning and was shocked to find that the wife is described as being a very attractive blond, sort of the opposite of Shelley Duval.
Thirty years ago she was considered pretty. I am not a fan of her voice and all I can see is Olive Oyl when I watch.
The book is very good and it’s very frightening. I’ve read it maybe 4 or 5 times, the most recent being more than 30 years ago. Gave me nightmares.
Enjoy that journey; I loved it!
The shining is good. And the sequel Doctor Sleep is good as well. I was a little confused when I read the book cuz I had seen the movie so many times before and didn’t expect so many differences.
There’s a sequel to The Shining??
Yes! Dr. Sleep. Not quite as good, but still worth reading.
Yes, totally worth it. It’s one of my all time favorites ❤️
Interesting, I have this on my tbr case, think I will give it a go soon xx
Me too! It’s been on my shelf a couple of years. I’ve watched the movie of course, but now I think I’ll crack that sucker open!
It’s excellent!
You’ll get 1 line stuck in your head over and over
I haven’t read it… But I did make sure to see the movie. Parts of it were filmed practically right in my back yard 🙂
I have read The Shining and seen the movie. Book is really good and exciting, movie is actually much better
I’m reading it now, half way through and loving it so far
The film was so frightening..Jack Nicholson was superb..haven’t read the book..the film was enough for me!!!
Yes. It is good but very different from the movie.
Read the book first.
Brilliant book. One of King’s best. Both films are rubbish.
Yes! Read it!
The book is amazing. The movie, not so much. Even Stephen King says/thinks so. And that should tell you something. Also… after you read The Shining, you should read Doctor Sleep.
It’s a great book. So is the sequel
As always, book was better than the movie. ?
It’s really great – so many ch more to it than the film, which really ballsed it up in my opinion! I’ve seen it on quite a few ‘100 books to read before you die’ lists as well. The sequel, Doctor Sleep, is great too. Love Stephen King!
*so much even
Yes!
I have, and yes it is very good. I do not read horror at all but had to do a research paper on an American gothic novel, so I chose The Shining. There is so much more than you would think.
YES, before you see movie.
The movie was creepy !!!!!!!!!!!
The movie was shit scary!
The Shining was the first book I had ever read my Stephen King. Frankly it was an amazing book. I have re-read it several times I recommend reading it.
I loved the book but walking around bushes in the dark was a little bit creepy afterwards. ?
The book was boring at first for me but then it got very interesting! I would say it’s a great book. And the movie is nice too!! But to be honest the book didn’t scare me!?
Yes, read it ?
In true SK fashion it is wordy (but good) and took me a while to read. It’s worth it. ??
I liked the movie, but the book is far better. (Never watch the movie remake. It was terrible.)
Remakes usually are awful!
It’s really long, but it’s definitely worth the time investment.
Yes. Well worth a read! In fact….I’m going to read it again now!! Thank you for reminding me of this fab book!! Hope you enjoy it as much as I did
Currently reading the shining for the second time. I haven’t read it since I was 16 it’s amazing rediscovering everything all. Over again. I haven’t seen the movie but I recommend the shining to anyone who won’t get to many nightmares from it. 🙂