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Jean
03-01-2012, 07:45 AM
The Shining, 1977
http://www.thedarktower.org/gallery/data/510/medium/The_Shining_face.jpg

Please grade The Shining (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Shining_(novel)) in the following three areas using the grades A, B, or C:


Strength of Plot
Character Development
Quality of the Story's Ending


If you haven't read this book yet, please vote Never Read. Feel free to discuss your votes in this thread.

IMPORTANT: Please make sure to select only one grade in each grading area. For complete instructions, see this post (http://www.thedarktower.org/palaver/showpost.php?p=314275&postcount=1).
Jean
03-01-2012, 08:14 AM
Strength of Plot: B

again, a typical King's plot, driven by nothing except the main premise and characters

Character Development: B

Jack would have earned an A, but mother is still a puzzle to me - I am not sure if King wanted to make her such a perfect bitch as I see her. As far as Danny is concerned, I barely remember him as an actual human being.

Quality of the Story's Ending: B

A lot of fuss; other than that, nothing that wasn't expected.
Shannon
03-01-2012, 09:15 AM
Oh! I didn't know the voting criteria was different for each title. Is that fair?

The Shining was a very enjoyable roller coaster ride through a haunted hotel. By that i mean that sometimes it seemed like the story was on autopilot, simply leading the reader on a stop by stop journey from scary place to scary place inside the hotel.
mae
03-01-2012, 09:34 AM
Oh! I didn't know the voting criteria was different for each title. Is that fair?


I'm not sure what you mean...
Jean
03-01-2012, 09:42 AM
it is different for collections and novels
Shannon
03-01-2012, 10:54 AM
Gotcha. My bad! :)
pixiedark76
03-01-2012, 11:10 AM
I gave it an A it is a classic king story. Truly unforgettable. Very strong in all categories.
harrison ryan
03-01-2012, 05:07 PM
A modern classic.
mcdonaldj
03-03-2012, 11:03 AM
Great story and as a bonus you can visit the hotel that inspired the book - easy pick as one of his best.
Dan
03-05-2012, 09:44 AM
I've only seen the movie. On my list to read this year!
beam*seeker
03-06-2012, 04:08 PM
I have to abstain from voting as my memories of the book are clouded and hopelessly intertwined with the movie, which was pretty good considering.
Patrick
03-07-2012, 01:28 AM
A B A
BROWNINGS CHILDE
03-07-2012, 05:29 PM
ABA, had to give it a B in Character development because, although Jack is very well defined, the other characters are simply stock.
Jean
03-10-2012, 08:43 AM
Last chance to vote! The poll is closing!
mae
03-11-2012, 09:47 AM
The poll has closed. This round The Shining has earned an OAG (overall average grade) of 2.688888889 or 89.63% in addition to its FAS (final average score), making it 7.300000000 or 91.25%.

Grade breakdown:
Strength of Plot: A - 2.800000000 (93.33%)
Character Development: A - 2.666666667 (88.89%)
Quality of the Story's Ending: A - 2.600000000 (86.67%)