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Misery by Stephen King
challenging
dark
hopeful
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
2.0
Rating: * *
TW: Spoilers, blood, gore
At first this book kinda threw me off because i did my
prior research to it and it said the mystery was genre
but to me it didn't seem like a mystery at all. I figured
it all out by Chapter Two
(that Paul Sheldon, a famous
author, was kidnapped by a mentally ill woman, Annie
Wilkes who proclaimed that he was her number one
fan). Annie outright told him that she will kill him if he
killed off her fav character in one of Paul's famous
book. Like there is nothing to be figured out in the
book. I kind of wished at first that she would be a nice
person adding a subtle hint of craziness attitude for
me to eventually figure out that she's crazy in the end.
Talking about Annie, have you ever watched Mean
Girls? Well, ilm Regina George in this book. I totally
find Annie Wilkes super annoying with her on and off
moods. Everytime she talks i give her dirty looks like
no You can't sit with us. I swear ilm so irritated by her
attitude.
After i got used to accepting that it's not a mystery
book, rather a thriller. I enjoyed half of it. The
goreness level was * * 2 stars for me. Although,
props to Stephen King for that rat blood scene and
the axe. I was eating at that time and almost
vomitted haha. And the suspense where Annie lived
after being burnt and disappeared the thriller
fan in me enjoyed that!
The book also includes a story within a story from
Paul's work that Annie forced him to finish a final
trilogy to Annie Wilkes fav character. It was cute ig. Didn't scare me and it definitely didn't make the 'love
of thriller' in me excited. The gore scenes was
stars too, love the rat's blood scene. The axe crushing
on the bone writing was mwah, i almost could hear
the bones crushing in my ears haha.
P.S. I promise im not crazy i just love thrillers
TW: Spoilers, blood, gore
At first this book kinda threw me off because i did my
prior research to it and it said the mystery was genre
but to me it didn't seem like a mystery at all. I figured
it all out by Chapter Two
author, was kidnapped by a mentally ill woman, Annie
Wilkes who proclaimed that he was her number one
fan). Annie outright told him that she will kill him if he
killed off her fav character in one of Paul's famous
book. Like there is nothing to be figured out in the
book. I kind of wished at first that she would be a nice
person adding a subtle hint of craziness attitude for
me to eventually figure out that she's crazy in the end.
Talking about Annie, have you ever watched Mean
Girls? Well, ilm Regina George in this book. I totally
find Annie Wilkes super annoying with her on and off
moods. Everytime she talks i give her dirty looks like
no You can't sit with us. I swear ilm so irritated by her
attitude.
After i got used to accepting that it's not a mystery
book, rather a thriller. I enjoyed half of it. The
goreness level was * * 2 stars for me. Although,
props to Stephen King for that rat blood scene and
the axe. I was eating at that time and almost
vomitted haha. And the suspense where Annie lived
after being burnt and disappeared the thriller
fan in me enjoyed that!
The book also includes a story within a story from
Paul's work that Annie forced him to finish a final
trilogy to Annie Wilkes fav character. It was cute ig. Didn't scare me and it definitely didn't make the 'love
of thriller' in me excited. The gore scenes was
stars too, love the rat's blood scene. The axe crushing
on the bone writing was mwah, i almost could hear
the bones crushing in my ears haha.
P.S. I promise im not crazy i just love thrillers