The Shining – Stephen King
I must admit at the beginning that after any of the books of this genre, or even this writer, I felt no reluctance to enter my bathroom and look into the bathtub. Good old Stephen had such an effect on my imagination with the scene from this book. I’m not surprised Joey Tribbiani put it in the freezer!
The Shining was for me not only a terrible book, stimulating my imagination to “Hey, I’m 20, but tonight I’m going to sleep with the lamp on.” The story of an alcoholic slowly slipping into his own madness and illness, interwoven with the stories of his terrified but trying to love his wife and sensitive son until the end, made a great impression on me. That was why I couldn’t tear myself away from her, although at the same time I really wanted to avoid another woman in the bathtub.
From King’s books , Misery terrified me , but for completely different reasons. I prefer those King’s books where there are no crowds of heroes with whom we spend a bit of time and we can’t get very attached to someone. In the subject of ghosts, murderers and madmen, Shining wins a gold medal for me. – Karolina Małas
