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
Group 1: The Shining
The Shining, 1977
Please grade The Shining 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.
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!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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.
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!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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.
I'm not sure what you mean...Originally Posted by Shannon
it is different for collections and novels
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!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Gotcha. My bad!
I gave it an A it is a classic king story. Truly unforgettable. Very strong in all categories.
A modern classic.
Great story and as a bonus you can visit the hotel that inspired the book - easy pick as one of his best.
I've only seen the movie. On my list to read this year!
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.
People are always talking about truth.Everybody knows what the truth is,like it was toilet paper or somethin...All there is is bull*...One layer of bullshit on top of another...what you do in life...pick the layer of bull* that you prefer...
A B A
ABA, had to give it a B in Character development because, although Jack is very well defined, the other characters are simply stock.
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Last chance to vote! The poll is closing!
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!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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%)
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