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Misery by Stephen King

9 reviews

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

alliluh's review against another edition

dark slow-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

god this was so creepy

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Body horror, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Kidnapping, Emotional abuse, Violence, Blood, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Fire/Fire injury, and Gore

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts and Suicide attempt

Minor: Rape, Sexual violence, Cannibalism, and Sexual assault

kassidypf13's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Sexual assault, Kidnapping, Injury/Injury detail, Emotional abuse, Drug abuse, and Chronic illness

indiamelly's review against another edition

dark sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Blood, Self harm, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Physical abuse, Violence, and Torture

Minor: Car accident, Animal death, Suicidal thoughts, Alcohol, Fatphobia, Sexual assault, Medical content, Racial slurs, and Rape

hadleyyy's review against another edition

dark tense slow-paced

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

5.0

I had to give in and give it 5 stars. You win Stephen. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Body horror, Confinement, Fire/Fire injury, Torture, Drug abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, and Mental illness

Moderate: Car accident, Self harm, Blood, Gore, Violence, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Death

Minor: Alcoholism, Animal death, Gun violence, Murder, Racial slurs, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual assault, Cannibalism, and Vomit

malaikawrites's review

dark 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

3.5

My first Stephen King book and I’m kinda shocked that I liked it? I always assumed his writing would be extremely pretentious… and I was totally right, but I found that I genuinely enjoyed it? It was very meta which was pretty cool and the whole concept was so interesting. 

Despite my enjoyment I did have some issues with the book. The black man caricature was terrible, the use of the n word with the  “er” was unnecessary, the use of sexual assault in metaphors was disturbingly graphic and the blatant hatred for women was a bit… yeah. 

I think the whole last section could’ve been cut out. I hated the whole last epilogue like part from beginning to end. (note: the rest of this paragraph is a spoiler) The book could’ve ended with the second last section which concluded with Paul finding out that Annie was no longer in the room where he left her after he thought he’d killed her. In all honesty, the book not ending there solidified my lower rating because the last part was ridiculously anticlimactic.

Aside from those major irritations, I really did like this book and it’s convinced me to read more Stephen King in the future! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical trauma, Confinement, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Violence, Gore, and Torture

Moderate: Car accident, Sexual assault, Addiction, Drug abuse, and Rape

Minor: Racial slurs and Animal cruelty

himangi's review against another edition

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Excrement, Body horror, Confinement, Cursing, Physical abuse, Racism, Car accident, Gore, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Medical content, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Drug abuse, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Addiction, Alcoholism, Blood, Mental illness, Racial slurs, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Self harm, Torture, Violence, Abandonment, Body shaming, Death of parent, Death, Alcohol, Drug use, Emotional abuse, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Vomit

Minor: Sexual assault and Rape

ichthala's review against another edition

dark sad 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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Body horror, Drug abuse, Drug use, Violence, Vomit, Torture, Suicidal thoughts, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Physical abuse, Murder, Medical trauma, Medical content, Kidnapping, Injury/Injury detail, Fire/Fire injury, Emotional abuse, Death, Cursing, Blood, and Abandonment

Minor: Sexual assault

sarcasmpotato's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective 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? Yes

4.5

From the beginning, I was hooked! It’s such a King thing to write about a prolific writer, and I loved the nuance he walked coming from that perspective. 

King lulls you into a sense of certainly and rips it away at the drop of a hat (axe!). I couldn’t put it down the last 100 pages, needing to know how he could wrap this up! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Blood, Confinement, Death, Drug use, Gore, Mental illness, Murder, Physical abuse, and Torture

Moderate: Car accident, Fatphobia, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Racial slurs and Sexual assault