Novel: Horror. Contains violence, obscenity, adult situations, and disturbing imagery. This review contains spoilers. Going into The Shining , on some level, it was spoiled for me. A lot of the “Will this person die?” stuff is ruined because I *thought* I knew how The Shining ends. I didn't watch the movie, but our pop culture full of spoilers (Especially nowadays), and because I’m not scared easily and bit desensitized, so much of the tension is somewhat ruined. This is the fate of all popular things, to be hailed as incredibly original when it first comes out, and by the time it becomes universally known, it feels full of tropes, since everything and their mother has ripped it off since. None the less I will try to be subjective, because the book does have scary moments, and I ended up being quite surprised at how it ended. So if like me, you think you know the plot, so you don’t think that you should read the book then think again. Husband,...
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