First read 27 August 2014
Reread 9 August 2020

(Wait.. why do i always read this on august?)

The Shining is one of those horror books that could actually scared the shit out of someone. I am happy to report that someone is me.
Listen, I'm a coward and I'm OK with it.

This book is scary. I mean it. A boy who could see ghosts? A family who had to live in a big hotel alone in the middle of winter? A haunted hotel? Goddamn it count me in, though I will have to curl up in my bed and all the lights must be on and I have to be covered in a thick blanket and my feet under any condition could not dangle from the bed because a monster will yank it and I will drop the book while screaming my head off.
Anyway...

The Shining isn't just some common scary book. It's not just about ghosts and murder and scary monsters. It's about family, and love, and friendship. And like always SK captured all that perfectly from the voice of a little boy. You will get scared of Jack Torrance. You will get sad for Jack Torrance. You will even sympathise with him at some point. I mean, aside from the fact that he was trying hack his son and wife's head off, he was trying hard to meet ends meet. He was a father, struggling, just like every fathers out there. Only he had to deal with all the scary supernatural shit while doing it. Imagine being a Jack Torrance. It must be really awful.

If you want to start reading King's book and you're a first time reader, you might want to start with this one or perhaps Pet Sematary or IT.