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A review by dans_bookscape
Misery by Stephen King
dark
funny
sad
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Paul Sheldon has awoken to a nightmare, his legs are smashed and he is in terrible pain....but he isn’t in hospital, he’s in bed in the house of Annie Wilkes, his number one fan.
Paul has put a definitive end to his most famous book series but this does not go down well with his current host when she reads it. With Annie holding Paul’s future in her hands she makes it clear she wants her favourite character brought back to life...Misery must return or else.
This was a tense one, while the story itself can be relatively predictable one thing that is not is Annie!
Paul and the reader have no idea what she is capable of and no idea when she was turned from smiling and caring number one fan to a brutal and sadistic individual that holds all the power over Paul.
Annie is truly a scary and unnerving villain, her unpredictably leaves you on the edge of your seat throughout, her backstory is equally horrifying. There is a childlike element to Annie that makes her feel even scarier at times, she won’t swear but murder and mutilation are perfectly fine but this all falls under her own moral code that seems impossible to follow.
This is a really good book, the violence in Misery is intense, for all the fuss Annie makes of Paul as a fan she sure does like to take him apart piece by piece when he’s misbehaving!
One thing with this book that I just couldn’t get away with was the section of Misery Returns that took me right out of the story, I just felt it was unnecessary and used to pad the book out.....no wonder Paul had killed Misery off prior to his accident!
Paul has put a definitive end to his most famous book series but this does not go down well with his current host when she reads it. With Annie holding Paul’s future in her hands she makes it clear she wants her favourite character brought back to life...Misery must return or else.
This was a tense one, while the story itself can be relatively predictable one thing that is not is Annie!
Paul and the reader have no idea what she is capable of and no idea when she was turned from smiling and caring number one fan to a brutal and sadistic individual that holds all the power over Paul.
Annie is truly a scary and unnerving villain, her unpredictably leaves you on the edge of your seat throughout, her backstory is equally horrifying. There is a childlike element to Annie that makes her feel even scarier at times, she won’t swear but murder and mutilation are perfectly fine but this all falls under her own moral code that seems impossible to follow.
This is a really good book, the violence in Misery is intense, for all the fuss Annie makes of Paul as a fan she sure does like to take him apart piece by piece when he’s misbehaving!
One thing with this book that I just couldn’t get away with was the section of Misery Returns that took me right out of the story, I just felt it was unnecessary and used to pad the book out.....no wonder Paul had killed Misery off prior to his accident!