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A review by therivingtonreader
Misery by Stephen King
3.0
Misery follows bestselling author Paul Sheldon, after he gets in a bad car crash and is taken in by his number one fan, Annie Wilkes. Annie tends to Paul's wounds, but also holds him captive while forcing him to write the next novel in her favorite series, just for her.
I feel like I'm just going to be repeating the same complaints I've had about other Stephen King books here. I've read a handful of King's books now, and there have been plenty that I've enjoyed, but equally as many that were just okay or not for me. He's a great writer and I find his style very easy to follow, but there are so many unneeded details in a lot of his books.
There were so many parts of Misery that dragged on as well. All of the sections from Misery's Return felt unnecessary and tedious, especially when there were letters missing due to the broken typewriter Paul was using. I listened to part of the audiobook while also reading some of my physical copy, and had I not had the audiobook to turn to for those sections of Misery's Return, I probably would have been irritated.
Much of this story also felt repetitive, and the real action didn't pick up until probably the last 60 pages or so. Which can be okay, but in this case it didn't work for me. Practically all of this book takes place in Annie's house, and while that is not a bad thing, I think it did add to the repetitiveness of this story for me.
I feel like I'm just going to be repeating the same complaints I've had about other Stephen King books here. I've read a handful of King's books now, and there have been plenty that I've enjoyed, but equally as many that were just okay or not for me. He's a great writer and I find his style very easy to follow, but there are so many unneeded details in a lot of his books.
There were so many parts of Misery that dragged on as well. All of the sections from Misery's Return felt unnecessary and tedious, especially when there were letters missing due to the broken typewriter Paul was using. I listened to part of the audiobook while also reading some of my physical copy, and had I not had the audiobook to turn to for those sections of Misery's Return, I probably would have been irritated.
Much of this story also felt repetitive, and the real action didn't pick up until probably the last 60 pages or so. Which can be okay, but in this case it didn't work for me. Practically all of this book takes place in Annie's house, and while that is not a bad thing, I think it did add to the repetitiveness of this story for me.