The Shining

3.5/5. I think i could have related to the scare more of if I was a child of the early 80s, however, most of this book is just Doc doing his own thing and the parents looking at each other like ‘where is my child??' Do I appreciate this as a horror classic? Of course. So many scenes are clearly the original versions of scares I still read/see to this day portraying a similar eerie air, the way King writes. Very good portrayal of addiction and mental illness brought on my trauma and stress. The relationships in this book though... very weird. Again, maybe the 80s was a different time... but This was good and I will definitely read the second.