![]() The Shining, written by Steven King, dives into the horrific and twisted mind of a man who has been driven to madness over the course of one fateful winter. Jack Torrence and his family are trusted with guarding and keeping up a hotel that is riddled with secrets and a dark past. As the story goes on, Jack slowly begins to turn against his family as he starts to hear voices in his head that tell him to do demonic and cruel things. These voices and visions put both Jack’s life, as well as the lives of his wife and children, at risk. Jack starts the book a family man looking for some extra money over the winter, and as he becomes lonely he slowly begins to lose his mind, with voices inside his head telling him to kill his entire family. I would give this book a 5/5 because I felt engaged and on the edge of my seat throughout the whole journey. Unlike many other horrors/mystery books I have read, The Shining does a very good job of keeping the story going and not adding unnecessary dialogue for the point of extending the book. King does a wonderful job at using the readers' natural fears of something that could really happen, exploiting them in a way that makes the story very believable and real. Overall, this book was one that kept the reader in limbo, never knowing what would happen next, and therefore lead to a great mystery and horror. -NS, grade 12
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