Reviews - Misery | The StoryGraph

13.1k reviews for:

Misery

Stephen King

4.15 AVERAGE

maxisarah's review against another edition

4.0

Had me hooked the whole way through but the ending didn't hit as hard as I wanted it to

anniejmelody's review against another edition

3.5

dark funny tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

sampiph's review against another edition

3.0

3.5

morganwinn's review against another edition

5.0

Speechless

iciclepdot's review against another edition

5.0

dark mysterious tense medium-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

Content Warnings

bigpaw's review against another edition

3.0

This was my first Stephen King book for book club! And my first thought was...is his writing always like this? Idk how to describe exactly, but it's almost irreverent, like it's always doing a bit. At its best, it was descriptive in a unique and evocative way; at its worst, the bits were too silly or extended or just made me roll my eyes. Lots of sexism from our guy Paul here!

I think reading this made me realize that even though I love horror movies, I'm not really much of a horror book person! I think it's because with a horror movie, no matter how awful it is, it's over in a few hours. With a book, it can take much longer, and I have to actively engage to get through it. This book was suffocating and bleak. I really admired the two character, single room setup of the novel, but it turns out I just don't enjoy having to spend so much time in such a miserable space.