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Book Review By William Henning
The Shining by Stephen King

Jack, Wendy, and Danny: a simple family, with simple family problems. Problems that manifest when conditions are just right...and there's no escape...


Plot & Themes
Tone of story - suspenseful (sophisticated fear)
Time/era of story:
Kid or adult book? - Adult or Young Adult Book
Horror Story? Yes
Horror plotlets - Why do they stay in the haunted house/boat?
descript. of violence and chases - 20 %
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 10 %
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 40 %
How society works & physical descript. (people, objects, places) - 30 %

Main Character
Gender - Male
Profession/status:
Age: - 20's-30's
Unusual characteristics:

Main Adversary
Identity: - an organization
Age: - long-lived adults
Has special powers? Yes
Magical/mental powers of main antagonist:
Motive of antagonist - power
The antagonists are: - cults

Setting
United States Yes
The US: - West
Mountains/Cliffs Yes
Mountains: - climbing on trails
Misc setting - resort/hotel

Writing Style
Accounts of torture and death? - moderately detailed references to deaths
Explicit sex in book? Yes
What kind of sex: - vague references
Unusual forms of death - flamed - perforation--bullets
Unusual form of death? Yes
Amount of dialog - roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
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