The setting takes place at the Overlook Hotel in the mountains of Colorado in the winter of 1975. Some main areas where the story take place include, Room 217, the living quarters, the boiler room/cellar, the ballroom, the playground/topiary, the shed, and the presidential suite.
- The tone of the novel is very rough around the edges. Many topics talked about are very sensitive to a certain character. The tone is also a bit nasty, mean, creepy, and scary.
- The mood of the novel is very eery, creepy, suspenseful, and all around gives the reader a very disturbed feeling
- The point of view of The shining is in first person