📖 The Shining

Jack Torrance is a writer and recovering alcoholic hired at the Overlook Hotel in the Rocky Mountains as a winter caretaker. He brings along his wife Wendy and son Danny, hoping to rekindle their relationship broken by Jack's alcoholism. Unbeknownst to Jack or Wendy, Danny possesses psychic powers known as "The Shining" that lets him read minds, see the future, and look into the past. At the hotel, the Torrances are the only family living there, so they need to find something to do. First, they meet Dick Hallorann, the chef of the hotel who also possesses "The Shining." Danny, with his powers, is able to see the hotel's dark past, as well as many ghosts and visions. Although he doesn't inform his parents about these visions, he warns Wendy to never leave Jack alone at the hotel. He soon also realizes that his own presence is making the supernatural activity stronger, making the hotel able to turn past apparitions into real people. The winter's snow leaves no escape from the hotel, and the Torrances are fully shut in. The hotel, even with enhanced powers, still has trouble possessing Danny. Instead, it turns its head to Jack. First, it leads him to a scrapbook of the hotel's dark history. As Jack develops cabin fever and spirals into mental insanity, he destroys the hotel's radio and snowmobile, shutting off any means of escape. After a particularly rough fight with Wendy, Jack starts to see cabinets full of liquor and parties with ghosts. He then sees the ghost of Delbert Grady, a previous hotel caretaker that murdered his family. Although he initially resists, he eventually gives in to the darker side of the hotel, and Wendy and Danny must try to stay alive while somehow restoring Jack to his original state of mind. I'm sure we've all seen many clips from the The Shining movie, such as the iconic "Here's Johnny" or the Grady twins in matching blue dresses in the hallway. Overall, this book is a classic of the horror and thriller genre, and the scenes and characters are written with ample realness to them, making this book an absolute page turner.

杰克·托兰斯(Jack Torrance)是一名作家,也是一名正在戒酒的酒精依赖者。他受聘前往落基山脉的远望酒店(Overlook Hotel)担任冬季看守人。他带着妻子温蒂和儿子丹尼一同前往,希望能借此机会修复因自己的酗酒问题而破裂的家庭关系。然而杰克和温蒂并不知道,丹尼拥有被称为"闪灵"的超能力,使他能够阅读心智、预见未来并窥视过去。 由于酒店在冬季封山期间只有托兰斯一家居住,他们必须给自己找点事做。起初,他们遇到了酒店大厨迪克·哈洛兰,他同样拥有"闪灵"天赋。丹尼凭借能力看到了酒店黑暗的过去,以及许多鬼魂和幻象。虽然他没有将这些景象告诉父母,但他警告温蒂绝不能让杰克独自留在酒店。很快他意识到,正是由于他的存在,这种超自然活动变得愈发强大,甚至使酒店能够将过去的幻影具象化为实体。 冬日的积雪封锁了所有出路,托兰斯一家被彻底困在了酒店中。酒店发现即使拥有增强的力量,也很难完全控制丹尼,于是它将目标转向了杰克。起初,酒店引诱他发现了一本记录酒店黑暗历史的剪报。随着杰克患上"幽闭烦躁症"(Cabin Fever)并陷入精神失常,他亲手毁掉了酒店的无线电和雪地摩托,切断了所有逃生手段。 在与温蒂发生一次剧烈争吵后,杰克开始看到装满烈酒的柜子,并与鬼魂一起参加派对。随后,他见到了德尔伯特·格雷迪的鬼魂——那是酒店前任看守人,曾残忍杀害了自己的家人。尽管起初有所抵触,但杰克最终还是向酒店的阴暗面屈服了。温蒂和丹尼必须在设法让杰克恢复神智的同时,拼尽全力活下去。 我相信大家都看过很多《闪灵》电影里的经典片段,比如标志性的"Here's Johnny",或是走廊里穿着蓝色姐妹装的格雷迪双胞胎。总的来说,这部小说是恐怖与惊悚领域的传世经典。书中的场景刻画和角色塑造极具真实感,绝对是一本让人欲罢不能的佳作。