A review by eliseraine
Misery by Stephen King

dark emotional tense medium-paced

3.0

Kind of underwhelmed...

This was my first Stephen King.  Considering that many people have cited this as their favorite King's book, I had very high hopes. 

The book was slow, but I think it made up for it during the last bits. I wasn't scared, but rather tensed while reading the disturbing parts, especially the hobbling bit.

And although I may not be this book's number one fan [😉], I still enjoyed it and would like to explore other crime, mystery, and thriller novels. 

I've also read how Paul and Annie's character signifies addiction; Paul being the addict and Annie, the drugs (her giving Paul Novril pills). And I believe that this quote exemplifies an individual giving in to addiction wonderfully.

Had he known, before this had he really known how badly she had cowed him, or how much of his essential self—the liver and lights of his spirit—she had scraped away? He knew how constantly he had been terrorized, but did he know how much of his own subjective reality, once so strong he had taken it for granted, had been erased?