![]() ![]() Im going to throw myself under the bus by admitting I never read the original Shining or what Kubricks version but I thoroughly enjoyed the mini-series version and have read clips and exciting nuggets from the original book. ![]() Review #2 Doctor Sleep (The Shining #2) audiobook streamming online How could a sequel possibly live up to that? Let\’s face it, THE SHINING was a stand-alone masterpiece. ![]() It was hardly worthy of it\’s predecessor. The storyline was predictable and dragged horribly during the middle HALF of the book. The villains were laughable and cartoonish. The character development was flimsy, in my option, and closely resembled a number of other characters from his former novels. ANYWAY, I truly wanted to like this sequel to The Shining, however, it lacked the same HORROR and originality. Maybe he\’s tired – – who could blame him after all this time, really. ![]() My favorite King\’s works are: The Dead Zone The Stand Misery Pet Sematary The Green Mile The Shawshank Redemption and of course THE SHINING! Some of his more recent works have lacked something…I don\’t know what exactly. And so it went…I would read novels and short stories as soon as they were published. Then had to wait for a couple of years for Salem\’s Lot to come out. I got hooked with his first novel, Carrie. ![]()
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