I like Stephen King but for a long time I didn't read the Shining. I had seen the movie (didn't like it as much as others did) and the miniseries, so I thought I pretty much knew the story and it wasn't something I was rushing to read.

Well eventually I did read it and it became one of my favorite of his books. There are some scary things in it but for the most part it didn't make me like throwing it in the freezer, but I rarely get scared reading books anyway. The most interesting part of the book for me was the mental progression of Jack Torrance, which is done very well in the book and almost completely absent in the film.