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Misery by Stephen King

5 reviews

ginniereads's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad tense medium-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, Dementia, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Death, Dysphoria, Murder, Gore, Emotional abuse, Kidnapping, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Torture, and Blood

Moderate: Eating disorder, Car accident, Gaslighting, Suicidal thoughts, Alcoholism, and Self harm

Minor: Vomit

laurarosessupposes's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

King's talent really shines through in this one and has not only a compelling plot but also a great amount of metaphorical depth. For those who loved 'The Shining', there is also a fun Overlook Easter egg hidden in there.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Violence, Car accident, Death, and Murder

Moderate: Addiction, Child death, Dementia, Drug use, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Vomit, Suicidal thoughts, Child abuse, Confinement, Mental illness, Suicide, Alcohol, and Suicide attempt

begentile's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense slow-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? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Gaslighting, Gore, Mental illness, Murder, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Violence, Vomit, Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Dysphoria, Excrement, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, Addiction, Body shaming, Stalking, Bullying, Car accident, Cursing, Dementia, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Drug use, Grief, Kidnapping, Medical content, Medical trauma, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Self harm, and Torture

joseffiinna's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.75

el libro engancha, la descripciones no son densas y te tiene en vilo todo el tiempo x la vida de paul. me gustó, tiene un libro dentro de otro libro y eso fue interesante porque ayuda a entender un poco más los arranques de annie. el libro consiguió darme asco y sentir tensión, además de tener la necesidad de, por momentos, saber qué va a pasar después. al ser el personaje principal un escritor, fue interesante ver los tips que daba y cómo se sentía, plus ver cómo se degrada su situación mental y cómo va para peor. el final fue acertado, paul sobrevive pero sumamente traumado. me hizo decir "esta tipa no puede estar tan loca" más de una vez. la dinámica me entretuvo, qsy, estuvo bien.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Dementia, Drug use, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Medical content, Mental illness, Murder, Physical abuse, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Torture, and Violence

tpliebe's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.25

If you're a writer?  This book is about a writer's worst nightmare.  And King does this sort of thing so very well!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Violence, Toxic relationship, Slavery, Physical abuse, Mental illness, Medical trauma, Kidnapping, Gore, Emotional abuse, Dementia, Death, Cursing, and Confinement

It's Stephen King, the dark side. And it's every writer's worst nightmare. You can tell who's a writer if you encounter a fan of King's books and you ask how many times they've read Misery. Most writers will say, once.