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Summary: King's best ever
Review: I think this is the best book Stephen King ever wrote; he certainly hasn't written anything better since. The author commits his typical and annoying excesses only on a few occasions (I mean, the foot was OK, but the thumb was completely unnecessary) and these do not get to spoil the whole. If you are going to read only one Stephen King book in your life, read this one. However, do not expect the others to be as good.
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Summary: Stephen King at his absolute greatest
Review: I started off with The Shining, it was good, although I thought the whole supernatural thing could be dropped, then I read Carrie, which was OK , then I read Needful Things, which was a great dissapointment.And now finally, just as i was turned off by Stephen king after Needful Things, came Misery, The best book have ever read!!!! Thankyou Mr. King, for an excellent suspense novel. I t was so realistic unlike Needful things!!!!!!
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Summary: great eye opener
Review: fast action quick thinking and real easy to read
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Summary: There is a reason why Stephen Kings books are scary.
Review: You know what makes Misery scary as is the case with all of his horror books is that by reading his material whether you like it or not you empathize with the characters. Let's take Misery for example. Just by reading the book you became Paul Sheldon stranded in that crazy woman's house after that terrible automobile accident. You felt his physical pain after he had awaken from that concussion, broken legs dislocated pelvis etc. and you felt his fear and anguish being trapped in that woman's house while she was going crazy, forcing him to write another novel while in all that intense pain.You suffered his drug addiction as he was getting stoned on Novril. I will never forget that scene when he was in Annie's bathroom getting high on dope when he was not supposed to be out of his room when all of a sudden Annie drove back up. You felt Paul's intense fear. Think about it, as a kid have you ever done something that you were not supposed to be doing when your parents all of a sudden showed up? What could be more terrifying?
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Summary: Spellbinding....I couldn't put it down
Review: I loved it! It kept me on the edge of my seat. I feel that Stephen King has a true talent for bringing horror to life. I felt like I knew the characters, like I was reading a local news paper rather than a novel. It was so real. I still get goosebumps. I would definitly recomend this or any other of King's books to anyone who loves horror novels the way that I do. Even if they don't like horror, after reading this book, they won't be able to help but love it. Stephen King truely lives up to his name because he IS the KING of horror.
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Summary: Why can't Stephen K. write more believeable books like this
Review: Although I really like the supernatural, I really think Steve K. should work on more believable novels like this one === even though it was written in 1987, his genius is still evolving.
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Summary: Misery, the greatest book in the world.
Review: Misery, by Stephen King, was the best book I've ever read, by far. The setting took place in an old farm house, owned by Annie Wilkes. Annie rescued Paul Sheldon, her favorite writer, from a car accident in the bitter, cold winter weather. Annie promised she would take care of Paul and nurse him back to health. She does take care of him and gives him the medication he needs but, also, abuses him. I won't tell you everything that happens. But to give you a clue, Paul is the hero in the end. This is a very good novel if you're interested in a suspensful, terrifying story. Read Misery and find out what Annie will do next!
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Summary: It's great
Review: This book is the best of Stephen King's collectio
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Summary: Stephen King's best work to date
Review: Stephen King's best, most vibrant works have been those that most relate to him and his life ("The Body", "Danse Macabre"), and "Misery", for me, reads as a metaphor of the writing process that he and many authors must go through. His protagonist has written to live well (the frothy romance novels make him rich), while the "real" work goes unappreciated. In the horrifying situation he finds himself in, he literally *must* "write to live", or as King notes, he becomes his own Scheherazade. The horror doesn't overwhelm the keenly-observed psychology of the characters. A recent master work in horror literature.
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Summary: I couldn't finish it
Review: I've read a lot of Stephen King's books, and this is the only one I couldn't finish. Then why am I giving it 5 stars? Because it upset me so badly I had to put it down. Why? Because the characters are totally believable and the situation is too, in the sense that it requires no supernatural agency to set it in motion. Do I intend to finish it some day? My therapist and I are working on that.
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