Shining

L’enfant lumière

Paperback, 576 pages

French language

Published Nov. 5, 2001 by J’ai lu.

ISBN:
978-2-290-30843-1
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3 stars (3 reviews)

Quand on propose à Jack Torrance, ancien professeur et ancien alcoolique, un poste de gardien pour l'hiver à l'hôtel Overlook dans les montagnes du Colorado, il croit tenir là une chance de se racheter aux yeux de sa famille. Il s'y installe avec Wendy, sa femme, et leur fils Danny, en espérant profiter de cette occasion pour écrire la pièce de théâtre qui le révélera au monde. Mais les démons de l'hôtel trouvent en Jack une proie presque trop facile pour poursuivre leur œuvre de mal, et il faudra le courage et le sixième sens étrange de son fils pour sauver in extremis ce qui pourra l'être. Car Danny possède ce don de lumière de même que l'ancien cuisinier de l'hôtel, Dick Hallorann, et la conjugaison des deux fera reculer les forces du mal. Pendant un certain temps...

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All work and no play makes Matty go....

4 stars

So I've been a big fan of the shining movie and wanted to see how the book told the story cause I heard that a) Stephen King didn't like the movie b) the story was different.

So considering that I felt like I was reading a story I really enjoyed specifically to appreciate the differences. At points it felt like a slog, with date rusty and clumsy politics and such. But some of the differences I really appreciated about the book included the greater sympathetic lens we view jack Torrence through, his suicidal tendencies, struggles with alcohol, and love for danny cast him in a much more sympathetic light, which makes his descent into unhinged murderous rage much more disturbing and tragic.

The shining and magic of the world is also much more prevalent and explored and even the jump scares and horrors focus on hornets, hedges, anthropomorphic ghouls, and …

reviewed The Shining by Stephen King (The Shining, #1)

This Little Light of Mine

4 stars

A great book whose brilliance, as so many of King's novels, lies in its exploration of the complex interplay between the supernatural and the psychological.

The Overlook's evil influence is both tangible and intangible, blurring the lines between reality and hallucination. Jack's descent into madness, fueled by alcoholism, repressed anger, and the hotel's sinister influence, is both terrifying and relatable, as we witness the gradual unraveling of a man teetering on the brink of insanity.

And the ending is terrific.

Subjects

  • Horror & ghost stories