Being too cheap to buy a hard cover book most of the time I've seen the movie before reading the book. I find that enjoyable because i get the Imagery of the movie with the additional locations and actions of the books. This is especially so with Stephen King books.

The Shining movie was great but it couldn't bring the hotel to life like the book did.

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