The Shining

TTHE SHINING (BOOK #1)
by Stephen King
5 stars

Stephen King is one of my favorite authors. He never fails to scare you.
The Shining is about a man, Jack Torrance, down on his luck. Mostly his own doing, he has anger and drinking problems. He needs a job to support his wife, Wendy; and son, Danny.
He accepts a position as caretaker of a hotel in the mountains during the off season. This hotel has had it's share of deaths over the years.
Jack and Danny have some kind of psychic abilities. They start to feel the evil in the hotel, then see ghosts.
Jack begins to lose his mind.
This is a super read. I actually have read this book 3 or 4 times over the years, and watched the movie and tv miniseries. If you have seen the movie, you should still read the book. It follows mostly but with a few differences that make it better (especially the ending).
Whether or not you believe in ghosts or that a place can hold onto people or events that have happened there, this story is still very suspenseful and disturbing. I can see Jack as a man who breaks under the pressure of his life and loses his mind. Then begins to imagine strange happenings within the hotel.
This is one of King's best novels (and possibly ne of the most talked about).