I've recently read this again, and to-date it's the only Stephen King Novel I've read. I think The Shining could be best example of it.And I think what makes SK's books selling millions is that his weird, awkward dreams coupled with his ferocious story telling. (That would feel always artificial)Horror dreams are always weird, awkward, unclear, aren't they?And that's is also what you feel in SK's novels. (examples: IT, THE STAND (uncut version) )However, this novel is sort of free of them because it is taking place in a closed environment among a few people.There is not much space to introduce unrelated characters with loads of side dialogues, descriptions.SK's narrative is good when he sticks to a one line of story flow, which is usually in a suspense sphere, and a few characters.When I watched The Shining (an adaptation movie), my initial view was that it was horror / thriller movie that makes your hair stand on.But when I read the book, I felt that movie was missing very important moral story Genealogy of psychology.Moral story of the book is what parents are doing to their kids is what their own parents did to them.This is wonderfully put by Wendy's (Danny's mother) thoughtIn fact, weird suspense coming from of Jack's (Danny's father) abusive character starts from the right beginning before they move to the hotel.Same goes for his mother's troubles coming from her own mother.In fact, Jack's abuse reaches its climax at the hotel.His is possessed by the 'evil' spirit of the hotel.But maybe, Jack was long ago possessed as a result of his trauma by his father.Maybe he was going to the same thing on another place.I think SK's success in horror come from the his narration of his dream/nightmares instead he is writing a horror fiction out of blue air.

This is my sixth (and the last) book of Stephen King in row.I am bit tired of reading endless side stories and characters with empty dialogues with the same Middle Class American English.They are absolute disengager. Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 13 September 2020

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