The shining: Final blog post

I'm not scared. Maybe I just have a high tolerance to fear? Am i just not suspending my disbelief enough? Maybe it's just possible that I had expectations too high for the book. I'm not sure. I expected to be mortified and possibly scarred from this experience. All the hedge lions, the ghouls, the monsters I didn't find scary. I did feel the suspense though. No fear, no horror, but I definitely felt those Oh Shitzu! Moments *SPOILERS* When jack actually empathizes, not sympathize, but EMPATHIZES with his own father and why he beat Jack's mother with a cane, it was definitely an eye-opener for me. I didn't see it coming and it was pretty cool to see. Also, maybe this is my suspension of disbelief not working right again, but the main antagonist Tony was....Danny from the future? A bit corny if you ask me. However, personal criticisms aside, I definitely still loved the book. I may not have been scared like I expected and I definitely won't have any nightmares anytime soon. (OR WILL I? MWAHAHAHAHAHAHA). Also are Wendy and Halloran married now? Not sure, but it feels that way. Not exactly a happy ending, but not exactly a terribly sad one either. It suits the book fine in my opinion. The Shining by Stephen King. The score may be a bit biased, I feel as though I should rate this higher based on external recommendations from others, but I feel this book deserves an 8/10 from me.