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The Shining

By: Stephen King
Narrated by: Campbell Scott
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Danny is only five years old, but in the words of old Mr Hallorann he is a 'shiner', aglow with psychic voltage. When his father becomes caretaker of the Overlook Hotel, Danny's visions grow out of control. As winter closes in and blizzards cut them off, the hotel seems to develop a life of its own. It is meant to be empty. So who is the lady in Room 217, and who are the masked guests going up and down in the elevator? And why do the hedges shaped like animals seem so alive? Somewhere, somehow, there is an evil force in the hotel - and that, too, is beginning to shine….

©1977 Stephen King (P)2005 Simon & Schuster Audio Division, Simon & Schuster, Inc.

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"Obviously a masterpiece, probably the best supernatural novel in a hundred years.'' (Peter Straub)

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Best listen yet

While the story itself is great, Campbell Scott's performance was the best I've yet heard. The distinction between voices was amazing and I actually felt the fear as Jack Torrence was yelling, and I don't often get freaked out by books.

The story itself is also fantastically written. Perfect build, and I love how King makes his stories that much richer with sort of side wanderings that are loosely relevant to the main story.

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Scary all right!

Awesome book.. The part where the dead woman walks out of the tub was by far the scariest moments in any book I have read in this genre..

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Good but the yelling

Great all round mostly but I think the volume could have been evened out. It was whisper quiet then suddenly switch to ear splitting screaming. I get that the narrator needed to be expressive but maybe fix the volume a little?

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Amazing

So much better than the movie, the narrator is perfect for the story too. Absolutely love it.

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Stunning

Read this as a teenager. Stephen king has been such a prolific writer, you forget how talented he is. The suspense builds subtly, it was like listening to a much loved record album where I was reminded of how influential this book was at a formative stage of my life.
The narrator was also excellent.

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loved it

I'm yet to read a bad Stephen King book. I'll be watching the movie again then perhaps get stuck into Doctor Sleep.

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Stephen King at his best.

I listened and read lots of Kings books and this is one of the best. Quite different to Kubrick’s movie. And it’s very ‘tight’ and is well paced. If you like Stephen King you will love this.

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Loved.

Couldn’t turn it off. Every moment I had to listen, I’d listen. This was my first Stephen King experience and I’m hooked. Loved loved loved.

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the narration and the story are brilliant

the narrator and the story are absolutely brilliant, so descriptive and very chilling in some places, have listened to it many times and will continue to listen to it many times more.

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Amazing

The depth into the characters is incredible. I hadn’t read a King novel in a little while and decided to finally try The Shining, have always loved the movie but had no idea that the book would be so amazing, I flew through it in a few days and now I’m hooked on King novels again, lucky there are so many…

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