The Overlook hotel has a long and twisted past, much of which we learn about bit by bit. Jack, Wendy, and Danny Torrence take up the caretaker post for the winter after a hard couple of years. Jack recently lost a promising teaching job for losing his temper and, as a recovering alcoholic, he is still battling for inner peace and is attempting to kill the demons that have been inside of him since a small child.returnreturnDanny is an interesting child with the ability to sometimes see things that others cannot. Whether it's when Daddy will get home, where Daddy's trunk is when no one else can find it, or the terrible things that what will happen at their stay at The Overlook. returnreturnWhat happens in this hotel was horrifying to me - so if you're not a fan of scary books to start with, you may not want to pick this one up. The upside is that this