Campbell Scott does an admirable job capturing the myriad of voices and emotions. The centerpiece is the hotel, and King paints an amazing picture over the course of the book, giving the Overlook a back story, a personality and a voice. That being said the novel is a tremendously gripping and horrifying read, bringing you along as the characters are more and more absorbed by the forces at work.
If you are looking for an audio version of the movie or Jack Nicholson's performance, you should give this a pass. The movie is fantastic in its own right but should stand alone. While the movie eventually reached classic status, the story and character development veered wildly from King's vision, quite notoriously and controversially. The movie story had very little to do with the actual novel.
I think this audiobook will suffer from people comparing it to the movie.
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