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+title: The Shining
+date: '2018-07-12T11:23:04-07:00'
+categories: book
+tags: book fiction great thriller
+pagecount: 674
+---
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+[*The Shining*][book-amaz] is yet another Stephen King book that made it on to my list. I have seen
+the movie more than a few times over my life but never got around to reading the book. I am so glad
+that I finally did because yet again the book is much more nuanced and, I hate saying it, better than
+the movie. I don't hate saying it as if I expect the movie to be better, I am just as annoyed as
+everyone else when someone has to say "oh the book is better" when someone mentions liking a movie.
+I really enjoyed The Shining the movie, in fact it is one of my favorites because Kubrick is my
+favorite director and horror is my favorite genre.
+
+As King was an alcoholic himself his drunks tend to be a bit autobiographical and therefore on
+point. There are small and large details related to the alcoholism and associated family dynamics
+that are quite lifelike. One of the things King says he dislikes about the movie is that a lot of
+the intrafamily dynamics are missing from the movie. The personality that drives the action is only
+barely there in the movie. Having read the book, parts of the movie that were before somewhat
+confusing now make sense as they were hints to details from the book without enough information to
+really make the connection.
+
+I really enjoyed this book and I would highly recommend anyone to read it, especially if you enjoyed
+the movie. Luckily certain things in the ending and about the events themselves are changed
+dramatically in the movie that even seeing it first does not ruin the book or vice versa.
+
+[book-amaz]:      https://amzn.to/2Lf6o33