There is a remarkable difference between the book and the adaptation. This book is more humane and revolves around Jack's struggle with alcoholism and it's demons or let's say the family struggle with an alcoholic father, most of the supernatural events are difficult to determine whether they are actual psychic events or just group hallucinations. The backstory of the hotel is really eventful since it is associated with all the corrupt vices in the history of America and it's seamless juxtaposition with Poe's 'The Masque of the Red Death', that is one of the inspiration for the book and second thing being Stephen King's own struggle against alcoholism and drug abuse.

I can't say which one was better.