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Misery by Stephen King

267 reviews

makeshift_human_'s review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death, Violence, Self harm, Fatphobia, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Terminal illness, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Torture, Drug use, Murder, Physical abuse, Drug abuse, Gore, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, Kidnapping, and Mental illness

Minor: Medical content, Eating disorder, Alcoholism, Animal death, Animal cruelty, Body shaming, Cannibalism, and Racial slurs

coffee_on_the_pages's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

I didn't think I would like this nearly as much as I did, I am usually not a huge fan of thrillers but I absolutely loved this. Before reading, having never seen the film, I thought how interesting can an author being held captive and forced to right a book really be? As it turns out, pretty damn interesting!

The writing is phenomenal, it shows Paul coming back to himself, then losing himself, then coming back to himself all over again. Perfectly capturing Pauls incredibly fragile mental state. Everything about it from word choice, to sentence structure, to chapter layout was just fantastic. The story within the story of 'Misery's Return' was fascinating escape from the miserable existence Paul was facing and a great coping mechanism used by Paul. 

The descriptions in the novel were "so vivid!" multiple times it had be gasping in shock and feeling a little queasy with just how vivid everything was. King painted the scenes so well I felt like I was there watching it happen in real time.

Annie was a fabulous villain. She made me feel genuinely scared for Paul. Such a complex character I truly loved (and hated) every second she came onto the page. 
"she may be crazy but she sure aint dumb."

An absolutely brilliant read for my first King book. I will definitely be picking up another soon. 

Though this is more of a thriller than a horror it does have some horror elements and graphic descriptions of violence.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Injury/Injury detail, Torture, Mental illness, Physical abuse, and Violence

sohare1981's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Physical abuse, Confinement, and Injury/Injury detail

jordynjohnson's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

I really enjoyed this book, which isn’t really much of a surprise because I always enjoy Stephen King’s work. I’d seen the movie a few years ago and I found myself picturing Kathy Bates as Annie as I was reading. This book was quite dark and it really draws you into the world. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Drug use, Torture, Murder, and Mental illness

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts

phantomsparrow's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Drug use, Suicidal thoughts, Confinement, Violence, Drug abuse, Kidnapping, and Torture

Moderate: Car accident, Addiction, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Death

Minor: Vomit

rabidboy's review against another edition

dark reflective tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

A great reflection on addiction, both to storytelling and substances.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore and Violence

Moderate: Addiction

_marycappiello3's review against another edition

dark sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Death of parent, Self harm, Violence, Child death, Cursing, Fire/Fire injury, Death, Gaslighting, Torture, Addiction, Alcohol, Blood, Kidnapping, and Murder

sebasvlas's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Torture

toniw315's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

This book was a disappointment. I didn’t hate it but didn’t really like it either. It takes awhile to pick up and the sections of Misery Returns were long and irrelevant to the actual plot. Very tense with well done suspense. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Drug abuse, Domestic abuse, Death, Cultural appropriation, Violence, Physical abuse, Medical content, Gun violence, Emotional abuse, Car accident, Body horror, Blood, Mental illness, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Cursing, Gaslighting, Fatphobia, Drug use, Chronic illness, and Addiction

humanhalfofachilleus's review against another edition

challenging dark tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? N/A
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

2.75

as with most Stephen King, it could have ended 50 pages earlier and the "creepiness" relies heavily on "gross-out" rather than true terror or horror.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Animal death, Blood, Confinement, Cultural appropriation, Mental illness, Gaslighting, Murder, Medical trauma, Misogyny, Alcoholism, Car accident, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Death, Drug abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Addiction, Body horror, Drug use, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexism, Torture, Toxic friendship, Fire/Fire injury, Medical content, Toxic relationship, and Violence

Moderate: Racial slurs, Suicidal thoughts, Vomit, and Racism

Minor: Rape and Sexual assault