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A review by natashavand
Gerald's Game by Stephen King
5.0
I read this book on my flight to Hawaii, expecting to not fully love it because I found the premise a little strange, but I'm a die hard King fan and was intrigued by the Netflix movie preview. This book was a page turner. I mean I didn't want to put it down. Even after I landed in HAWAII of all places, I had to go to my room and try to bust out the last few chapters so I knew how it ended.
Jessie is by far one of the strongest characters King has ever created. She is so well developed and her own life story is just as terrifying as her predicament throughout the book. I love when you can't tell if a character is going crazy or if what they are experiencing is real, and I feel King did an excellent job with Jessie and her hallucinations.
**** SPOILERS ****
This uncertainty is what made the Space Cowboy so effin' CREEPY! Oh my God! The first few scenes he appears in curdled my blood. I was so convinced he was a demonic version of Jessie's abusive father come back from the grave to torture her, and his description in the book gave me actual nightmares. Then, when I got to the twist at the very, very end, I was thrown for a real curve ball.
This is such a great, creepy read. It's a true psychological horror that kept me on the edge of my seat, and it does have a great ending, in fact, I would argue it's one of King's best endings, and we all know he's not always the greatest with conclusions.
Jessie is by far one of the strongest characters King has ever created. She is so well developed and her own life story is just as terrifying as her predicament throughout the book. I love when you can't tell if a character is going crazy or if what they are experiencing is real, and I feel King did an excellent job with Jessie and her hallucinations.
**** SPOILERS ****
This uncertainty is what made the Space Cowboy so effin' CREEPY! Oh my God! The first few scenes he appears in curdled my blood. I was so convinced he was a demonic version of Jessie's abusive father come back from the grave to torture her, and his description in the book gave me actual nightmares. Then, when I got to the twist at the very, very end, I was thrown for a real curve ball.
This is such a great, creepy read. It's a true psychological horror that kept me on the edge of my seat, and it does have a great ending, in fact, I would argue it's one of King's best endings, and we all know he's not always the greatest with conclusions.