Does the dog die?
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The Shining
Book • 1977 • Horror
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TacosChezi
It is mentioned that Jack once found a stray dog and kicked it into the gutter, but it is very brief and only mentioned once.
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Does someone attempt suicide?
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Abuse
Is someone stalked?
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abd57900
Several characters are being chased/stalked through the hotel near the end
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ilomilo12
There is a ton. A main character has many times where he abuses his family. He also has vivid flashbacks of his own father abusing his family. It is all very graphic.
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PlatoCrawford
Several descriptions of child abuse with all three main characters.
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Addiction
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ilomilo12
Alcohol is a major part of the book. A character frequently uses the medicine Excedrin and describes how it makes him feel high.
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Is there addiction?
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PlatoCrawford
It's a central theme of the book.
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Does someone abuse alcohol?
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PlatoCrawford
Alcoholism is a recurring theme in the book.
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Animal
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Are animals abused?
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mkmkmkmk
Described in chapter 14 when Jack is reflecting on his rage issues appearing in his childhood. Skip this paragraph when you get to it.
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Are there snakes?
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ilomilo12
There are no physical snakes but one of the characters imagines a hose to be a snake chasing him.
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Are there bugs?
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ilomilo12
Wasps are mentioned multiple times. 3 people get stung by wasps. If you're afraid of wasps or bees, these parts can make you very uncomfortable.
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Assault
Is someone restrained?
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Redpen2
A character is briefly imprisoned in a large walk-in pantry with a locking door.
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Bodily Harm
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Does someone struggle to breathe?
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KennedyKelly418
(Spoilers) Danny is strangled by “the woman” in Room 217
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Is there cannibalism?
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abd57900
many references to the Donner Party, but not graphic details or anything
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Is someone burned alive?
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KennedyKelly418
(SPOILERS) It is implied Jack dies in the hotel after it catches fire when the boiler explodes. BUT you can argue that he was already dead, and the hotel inside him died.
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Does a head get squashed?
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KennedyKelly418
Jack has a nightmare where he is beating George over the head with a mallet and then it changes to Danny.
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Is there a hanging?
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KennedyKelly418
The ghosts tell hallorann they are going to hang him, but nothing like that happens
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Does someone break a bone?
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KennedyKelly418
(SPOILERS) Jack, Wendy, and Danny all have recurring flashbacks to when Jack broke Danny’s arm
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Does someone have a seizure?
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PlatoCrawford
Danny is described as having episodes that may appear as seizures.
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Is someone tortured?
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quartz_suisse
More psychological than physical torture. The hotel kind of torture Jack and Danny. Tony show horribles images to Danny
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Is there eye mutilation?
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KennedyKelly418
Not described explicitly, but you could count (SPOILERS) when possessed Jack hits himself in the face over and over again with the mallet
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Is there excessive gore?
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Redpen2
Yes, especially at the end. A character self-injures, and it is described vividly.
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Children
Does a kid die?
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PlatoCrawford
There are references to dead children, but we do not see a child die.
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Family
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Is a child's toy destroyed?
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ilomilo12
Someone destroys a room which includes a child's toys.
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Fear
Are there jumpscares?
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rolszyk
I’d consider the bathtub scene a jump scare.
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Is someone possessed?
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KennedyKelly418
Jack is possessed by the hotel at the end
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Are there ghosts?
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PlatoCrawford
It's pretty central to the book.
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Is there a shower scene?
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KennedyKelly418
Nothing s*xual, but there are recurring references to a ghost in a bathtub that got out and strangled Danny.
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Gross
Does someone wet/soil themselves?
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friedmeggs
after one of danny's "shinings" it is said that he wets himself. this only happens once in the beginning
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Does someone vomit?
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LouisT2924
Also, it's said that a man in Halloran's plane whoopsed on his paper and had to get cleaned up. Plus, Jack says he v*s out the coke he drank.
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Large-scale Violence
Are there 9/11 depictions?
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amwhite91
This book came out in 1977
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Medical
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Is there a mental institution scene?
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KennedyKelly418
Danny talks about “the men in white coats” many times
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Mental Health
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KennedyKelly418
(SPOILERS) at the end, when Jack is possessed by the hotel and trying to kill Danny, Danny gets through to him and Jack hits himself in the face with the mallet repeatedly, but I don’t think it’s consciously.
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Does someone say "I'll kill myself"?
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Is there a claustrophobic scene?
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KennedyKelly418
Danny gets trapped in a snow tunnel and he thinks something is coming for him
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abd57900
There are several mentions of side characters who committed suicide, and one character considers it in a flashback.
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Pregnancy
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Is there childbirth?
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KennedyKelly418
Danny’s birth is described because he had some kind of rare mucous membrane over his face
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Prejudice
Are there fat jokes?
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fiona1111
Not jokes but definitely nasty comments about people's weight
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Does the black guy die first?
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georgiaaaaaaaaa
he doesn't die at all, he saves the day
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Are there homophobic slurs?
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abd57900
Main character imagines a side character saying the f slur
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Is there hate speech?
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PlatoCrawford
The N word is used near the end of the book.
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Does an LGBT person die?
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PlatoCrawford
One of the ghosts is a gay man, but we don't see him die.
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Is there ableist language or behavior?
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AudreyHoman
Jack makes fun of a boy who stutters.
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Are there n-words?
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abd57900
some intense threats towards a Black character that includes the n-word multiple times
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Sex
Is there sexual content?
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KennedyKelly418
Many references to s*x throughout the book, (SPOILERS AHEAD) first early on and is only described after, Danny talks about his parents “doing the thing that makes babies”, after Danny gets strangled there is a s*xually explicit scene, and Danny finds a cuckoo clock where two figures pop out and start giving each other or*l s*x. That’s all I can remember off the top off my head.
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Are there incestuous relationships?
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Sexism
Is a male character ridiculed for crying?
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fiona1111
However, Danny berates himself internally for feeling like crying in the playground.
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Spoiler
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Does it have a sad ending?
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Anonymous
Debatable.
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Vehicular
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Does a plane crash?
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abd57900
several characters suspect a plane will crash but it doesn't
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Is someone hit by a car?
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JaylexanderTheGay
A crash does take place whilst one of the characters is drink-driving, though no-one is hurt.
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Is there gun violence?
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abd57900
described in dialogue, but not seen in detail
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