5: I loved it
4: It was good
3: Average
2: Only so-so
1: I didn't like it
Never Read
Bracket #1: The Shining (1977)
The Shining, 1977
Please vote for The Shining using the following scale:
5: I loved it
4: It was good
3: Average
2: Only so-so
1: I didn't like it
If you haven't read this book yet, please vote Never Read. Feel free to discuss your votes in this thread.
One of King's best works.
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
oh no, i loved this one too.
I gave it a 4. I liked it, it was good, but it didn't blow me away.
What would be interesting is going back and comparing my votes from last year with this year's.
A true firewasp ninja would never wear such a ridiculous sweater.
There's logic in nonsense.
Give me all the bacon and eggs you have.
5. Because it is in my top 5.
Sloth Love Chunk
I said "I loved it"
Well... I love it becouse it was really scary... the part of the dead woman... uuuu... now I will not sleep...
But... That means I can say that I hated it becouse I could not sleep for like a week...
Who knows...
I liked it, but I can't say I loved it; voted 4
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!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I have not read it. Yet. It's on my list of must read books though.
"May your luck rise, Roland" -Cuthbert Allgood
Move it up on the list.
Sloth Love Chunk
Definitely 5. It's a classic.
This is a definite five for me. It's the first King book I ever read, it scared the crap out of me (I was thirteen) and it hooked me on King for the rest of my life. Can't give a higher recommendation than that!
"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
Gave it a 4 , I am with Jean on this one. Exactly right.
The answer is within
all matter is energy, all energy is GOD
I read the Shining while in college - read it in one late night reading! Absolutely loved it!
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Amazing book!
The Shining is a King classic. I loved it, and gave it a five.
5 from me as well. King's best gift is being able to get into the mind of his characters. The mind of Jack Torrence (and his descent into insanity) is fascinating. And the book is truly scary.
The poll has closed. The Shining has earned a FAS (final average score) of 4.588235294 or 91.76%, placing 1st (winner) in this bracket. It will be moving on to Round 2. In 2009, The Shining also placed 1st with a FAS of 4.353846154, so it gained 0.234389140 (+5.38%) this time.
The Shining is a classic. Neither movie does it justice. I always think of Jack smelling as if mold were growing inside him ,unable to be washed off or out of his lungs.From reading those old newspaper articles all day every day in the basement - gross but poignant. Oh ,eeeee-ick
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