Strength of Plot -- Graded "A"
Strength of Plot -- Graded "B"
Strength of Plot -- Graded "C"
Character Development -- Graded "A"
Character Development -- Graded "B"
Character Development -- Graded "C"
Quality of the Story's Ending -- Graded "A"
Quality of the Story's Ending -- Graded "B"
Quality of the Story's Ending -- Graded "C"
Never Read
Grading: The Shining
The Shining
Doubleday, 1977
Round 2, Group V
Voting for this Book is Closed
Strength of Plot:
2.816901408 (Graded A)
Character Development:
2.845070422 (Graded A)
Quality of Ending:
2.676056338 (Graded B+)
Overall Average Grade:
2.779342722 (Graded A)
Combined Round 1 & 2 scores:
7.133188875
Heng Dai
This one gets straight A's people. One of King's best.
Margaret Emmie Mackey Catoe, you are, have been, and always will be my soulmate, and I love you.
Con todo mi corazon, por todo de mis dias. And I always will, in this life and into the next.
August 2, 1947 - September 24, 2010
Agreed. Straight A's for me too. This was my first King book and it scared the bejesus out of me. Really good story!
"People, especially children, aren't measured by their IQ. What's important about them is whether they're good or bad, and these children are bad." ~ Alan Bernard
"You needn't die happy when your day comes, but you must die satisfied, for you have lived your life from beginning to end and ka is always served." ~ Roland Deschain
A, B, A
Ask not what bears can do for you, but what you can do for bears. (razz)
When one is in agreement with bears one is always correct. (mae)
bears are back!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
A's across the board.
A, A, A. Not my personal favorite, but executed very well in the above categories.
Absolutely All A's.
Triple As here as well. One of the absolute classics of contemporary American literature.
3A
A+A+A+
If it weren't for integrity...what would you be? Ka is a wheel.....
me too, AAA +
The answer is within
all matter is energy, all energy is GOD
I've never read it, sorry to say. What a terrible original cover.
Terrible? I love it.
Originally Posted by theyspunaweb
I've got to agree with her on that. It's a pretty awful cover. Jack Torrance looks like Warren Beatty.
AAB. Pretty great, but I only vaguely remember the ending, and I don't believe I cared for it that much.
And I don't like that cover.
Have you heard of people with short fuses? Well, I have no fuse at all, and there's a thousand could testify to it if I hadn't stilled their tongues for good.
You can't ignore my girth.
The cover's vintage. I like that '70s look, personally.
I understand vintage, but I don't understand the placement of anything on there.
A x 3
"...that Siren which called and sang and promised so much and gave, after all, so little." ~ Ray Bradbury
A, A, B.
BBB
Pretty good Book overall, but not my favourite King in any sense.
Agree with spun about that cover. It's ridiculous.
Which definition of vintage do you mean?
- Characterized by excellence, maturity, and enduring appeal; classic.
- Old or outmoded.
I know which one I think it is.
That cover is totally camp.
As odd as the Warren Beatty as Jack Torrance pic is, it's Danny I am still trying to figure out. I get the weird looking eyes as I suppose that's supposed be him using his shine, but what is the deal with what he's wearing? I find it confusing. I've never seen a shirt like that, not on a boy anyway.
Can we vote for cheesiest cover ever because this one might be the champion?
The hedge lion brings extra points. Man, everything is so wrong on it. It cracks me up.
I also like the minaret on top of the highest tower of the hotel. It reminds me of a building at the University of Tampa here in my town.
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