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Misery by Stephen King

54 reviews

rachelunabridged's review against another edition

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Death, Mental illness, Murder, Cursing, Blood, Car accident, Emotional abuse, Torture, Body horror, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Suicidal thoughts, Grief, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Animal cruelty and Vomit

Minor: Animal death and Child death

mmadill227's review against another edition

dark tense 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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Confinement, Injury/Injury detail, Fire/Fire injury, Kidnapping, and Blood

Moderate: Alcoholism, Drug use, Addiction, Mental illness, and Medical content

Minor: Vomit and Car accident

citrusboombox's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Addiction, Car accident, Mental illness, Blood, Murder, Emotional abuse, Torture, Physical abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Gore, and Body horror

Minor: Animal cruelty and Animal death

rmphyllis's review against another edition

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Drug use, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Medical trauma, Violence, and Car accident

Moderate: Animal death, Fatphobia, Child abuse, Child death, and Animal cruelty

natalzieclaire's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Kidnapping, Animal cruelty, Gore, Animal death, Murder, Torture, and Drug use

mmadhauss's review against another edition

dark 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? It's complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror

Moderate: Animal cruelty

Minor: Rape

____emily____'s review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Torture, Confinement, and Body horror

Moderate: Drug use

Minor: Alcohol, Animal death, and Animal cruelty

booksaremysoulmates's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

This is my first novel by Stephen King. Of course I watched some of the movie adaptions like the original „It“ and the new one as well as a view more but never read any of his novels, so I didn‘t really know what to expect, when it comes to his writing style. I am pleasantly surprised because his writing was better than I expected. I enjoyed all the metaphors he uses that makes the book feel more complex but still easy enough to follow. Misery was a book that I couldn’t put down, only when I really had to. I just wanted to know how it continues and ends. The story is about an author who finds himself captured by his biggest fan. That‘s all I am going to tell you about the book, even though most of you probably already know this one, since it‘s quite an old one BUT still the less you know about it going in, the better. I am honestly at a loss of words, the only thing I can say is that if you are a thriller fan, you‘re going to enjoy this just as much as I did. Please make sure that you can stomach gruesome stuff like murder in detail since this has a lot of bloody and gruesome scenarios in it. It‘s probably still one of the more tamer books by Stephen King but it‘s still gruesome, so please make sure that you can handle any of the topics like murder, selfharm, disfigurement, torture and much more. I highly recommend this to anyone that enjoys a good thriller, horror (even though personally I wouldn’t consider this horror) and any of the other Stephen King books.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Injury/Injury detail, Gore, Medical trauma, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Addiction, Death, Drug abuse, Murder, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Animal cruelty, Car accident, Child death, Fire/Fire injury, Animal death, Confinement, Drug use, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Vomit, Blood, Gun violence, and Kidnapping

suhani_bhardwaj's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt, Torture, Vomit, Animal cruelty, Emotional abuse, Kidnapping, Murder, Physical abuse, Self harm, Violence, Animal death, Drug abuse, and Medical content

miraclesandmeatballs's review against another edition

dark tense fast-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Torture, Medical trauma, Violence, Suicidal thoughts, Injury/Injury detail, Emotional abuse, Drug use, Drug abuse, Death, Confinement, Addiction, Mental illness, Medical content, Kidnapping, Gore, Vomit, Blood, Cursing, Murder, Animal death, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Racism, Fatphobia, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Sexual violence, Self harm, Misogyny, Mental illness, Body shaming, Suicidal thoughts, Child death, Sexism, Murder, Cultural appropriation, and Colonisation

Minor: Death of parent and Car accident