Stephen King's "The Shining".....I'm only wondering because I bought it a few days ago, and I hear people are saying it's way scarier than the movie. Anyone read it?
2007-06-22 20:32:05 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
Read the book. Forget the movie. Read it in the dark with just a reading lamp. (Be afraid be very afraid.) I've read this book several times and it can still give that "look over your shoulder feeling" After The Stand this is my favorite King book.
2007-06-23 00:24:31 · answer #1 · answered by mothermayhem 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Stephen King openly admits he writes for the teenage market. His most mature work, and the one which shows he can really write in the classic tradition, was: "Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Redemption." The movie followed the book to a point, then they tacked on a "feel good" ending that King neither wrote nor intended. I could feel the division between King's work and the screenwriter's add-on as I watched the movie.
2007-06-23 04:25:01 · answer #2 · answered by Steve C 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's a classic.
I won't say that it scarier than the movie but it's scary in a different way.
The book is definitely more complex than the movie and if you let your imagination go I'm sure you will enjoy several scares while reading it.
And I challenge you to get Jack Nicholson out of your head when you read it.
2007-06-24 09:53:12 · answer #3 · answered by niels_neutron 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, it is classic King. Very good as King goes! If you want to get a good taste for his work you should also try - Carrie, The Stand, Firestarter, and The Eye of The Dragon.
2007-06-23 03:37:56 · answer #4 · answered by Ralph 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I agree with Misty....the book is way better than the movie. I'm talking about the first movie. Too many things were left out. Read it..........it's really good.
2007-06-23 05:25:32 · answer #5 · answered by lolo lala 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
never heard/read/watched/ it but heard of stephen king though.
2007-06-24 02:07:37 · answer #6 · answered by merman 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
good movie. even better book
2007-06-23 03:41:05 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
e lol.
good movie never read
2007-06-23 03:39:26 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋