Borderline 1 star. How this is pulling an average rating equal to The Shining's (both currently at 4.11 as I write this) is a total mystery to me. 
 It has Daniel Torrance from The Shining, but other than that, it doesn't have a lot in common with that book. The suspense and horror are pretty much absent. The heroes pretty much pick apart the antagonists with ease. The constant POV chapters from the antagonists also serve to remove some of the suspense, since you're never left guessing what they're up to and can plainly see how incompetent they are. King's choice here was a bit baffling. The only real mystery in the book, at some points, is what exactly the heroes are up to. 
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 The idea that these psychic vampires can catch diseases by sucking the "shining" out of kids is a bit silly, but whatever. I could live with that if, when they all get the measles and start dying of it in the book, this wasn't some new phenomena to them, particularly when some of them are hundreds of years old. What, they've never preyed upon a sick kid before? And then the idea that if they can just catch Abra, they can get her theoretical measles immunization and heal themselves also seems odd. What, they've never eaten a kid before who was immunized? Why are they so sure Abra's immune, when the other kid they grabbed wasn't. Why bother going after Abra to heal, knowing how strong she is, when there are certainly other kids out there they could prey upon for the immunity, heal up, and THEN come get her? 
 The entire disease angle just never made much sense to me. The villains were already weak and incompetent compared to Abra, so throwing another roadblock in their way just seemed like an odd choice. I mean, if not for the fact that they torture and murder children, you'd almost feel bad for them, given how rough they had it in this book between disease, near-starvation, and then Abra and Daniel kicking their asses. 
 And why, for the final showdown, did no one bring a gun? Yeah, yeah, the vampires don't carry guns because a cop might stop them at some point and they'd have to explain it. There are these things called weapon permits you can get that make that okay. Even if you normally don't want to carry it, maybe once you're up against a 13 year old girl who seems to be handing you your asses, one of you might go out and buy one anyway. Just as insurance. Likewise, the heroes were using firearms throughout the novel, and then for the final showdown, for reasons unexplained, simply decide not to bring any. Daniel is even standing directly behind Rose (the leader of the vampires) at one point, and she's completely unaware of him, and he could have ended her right there (and about 2 chapters of the book) by simply shooting her rather than having him and Abra engage in psychic battle with her. 
 Also, why did he release Derwent when he got back to the Overlook site? Why was he so sure the spirit would help rather than hinder him? The one person Derwent even took out for him was someone he was completely unaware of. It just didn't make a lot of sense. It felt like Dan was just thinking, "Eh, he's been in there a while, let's let him out and see what happens. Maybe it'll help me. The murderous spirit who helped drive my father insane and who I've kept locked up for 30 years certainly wouldn't take the opportunity to hurt me or distract me at an inopportune time, would he?" 
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 I read this back to back with The Shining. The Shining feels like adult horror. This book feels like Young Adult fantasy (with a little more sex and drug use). And I'm okay with Young Adult fantasy, but I don't think that's what he was going for, and the tone and style feels like a big contrast to The Shining.