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Summary: One of King's better books
Review: This is a disturbing book- disturbing in a good way, if you like suspense and tormented characters. Paul is a writer who crashes his car in the middle of a snowstorm in the middle of nowhere, and has the misfortune of being "rescued" by a psychotically devoted fan (Annie) who imprisons him in her house. It's pretty amusing to see what King has to say about Paul, and I got the impression that King was poking a little fun at writers, but the reader will have to judge for herself. The plot is simple- sort of an extended siege in Annie's house- which turns out to be pretty exciting in the end. Annie has something coming, and the reader will have to see if she gets it! Overall, a very entertaining read, and I'm glad King didn't drag it out to 700+ pages like some of his other books. Avery Z. Conner, author of "Fevers of the Mind".
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Summary: One of my favorites!
Review: Misery is one of my favorite SK books. It seemed in this book SK just relaxed and enjoyed himself. The characters of Annie and Paul are so deep and multidimensional that the story is never boring.
Misery is more of a scare thriller more than a horror. The book is very suspensful. The reader is always on pins and needles to see what Annie will think of next or if Paul we get caught sneeking around.
Some scenes are brilliantly gruesome, scenes only SK could create. The reader really gets to know the characters and sympathize with them.
The book goes very quickly and is never boring. I highly reccommend this book.
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Summary: one of King's best
Review: This was my first Stephen King book, and I was instantly hooked. It is the first example I've seen of a book consisting of two characters, set in a single room, and made so suspenseful. The chapters are just the right length, too. Annie is a wonderful villain!Word Ninja
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Summary: The Best Stephen King Book I Have Read So Far
Review: I am now reading my eighth King book ("Desperation"), and in all my experience in his literature, I have enjoyed "Misery" the best." The depth of Annie Wilkes's mental illness is clearly illustrated, and King never conceded to cliches of mentally ill characters (i.e., the dull and nonsensical Collie Entragian in "Desperation"). Annie's bizzare behavior, kindergartner curses, and vividly described bad hygiene make her all the more realistic. Paul Sheldon's character is typical of a writer held captive by a deranged fan, but he fortunately lacks banality.
The film is superb with wonderful acting, but the presence of the unnecessary character Buster is a good reason to read the book before. And the book itself can get dull at points when King pours into the progress of "Misery's Return," but this low point harldy leaves a bruise. Be sure to read "Misery" - I highly recommend it to anyone who is literate
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Summary: Excelent
Review: Misery is probibly the best king book next to pet semitary. An author gets in a wreck and is discovered by a crazy lady who is also a fan of his books. Instead of getting assistance or taking him to the hospital, she takes him back to her house. The events in and the outcome of the story are all absolutley intense and it is a true edge of your seat thriller full of insanity and some pretty gruesome details. I recomend it to all who like to read a good book.
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Summary: Good book.
Review: This book was good but I don't know why it got higher ratings than his lesser known books like Desperation and Rose Madder.
It's about a writer who gets writernapped by a crazy woman.
He's her #1 author and she uses him as a "pet writer."
This book is worth reading (like all his books) but if you want really cool books of his that aren't as popular, get Desperation and Rose Madder, they were more fun in my opinion.
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Summary: A classic...
Review: I'm so glad to see how high this book gets on Amazon, for I looked on it before I started reading, and boy, was this a book to remember!
If this book is for the person who starting out on Stephen King, I should say that I think he uses a little extra swears.
This book is sort of scary, not really though. If you look at the big picture, 'how many times will you come close to a similar situation like in this book?'
The book is about an ex-nurse who ubtains a novlest named Paul Sheldon who has just got in a car crash. The nurses name is Ms. Annie Wilks.
She loves his series he writes. She is his so-called 'Number One Fan.'
But, when she finds out he decided to kill-off Misery(Paul's main character in his book series) in the most recent book, Annie flips, BIG TIME!
She makes him write a new Misery novel, WHITHOUT CHEATING. Cheating as in: Forgetting everything in previouse books, leaving off from were they started, you know, bla bla yada yada yada.
When Paul gets hooked to his pain meds, Norvil, he excapes into the house to get some.
But, when Annie finds out, things get sort of(no, not 'sort of', I mean REALLY!) okay, REALLY nasty... Some parts in this book are confusing, like in the very very very very begining when there's 'umer wunner' sounds, that remain unmasked forever.
But, my point is it's a really good book.
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Summary: My first King novel, but not my last!
Review: This is a great book. I t is a good book because it has a little horror, a little comedy, a little everything. It meets all corners of my exspectations of a good book. I sure hope all King books are this good.
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Summary: Misery
Review: King's new novel, about a writer held hostage by his self-proclaimed ``number-one fan,'' is unadulteratedly terrifying. Paul Sheldon, a writer of historical romances, is in a car accident; rescued by nurse Annie Wilkes, he slowly realizes that salvation can be worse than death. Sheldon has killed off Misery Chastain, the popular protagonist of his Misery series and Annie, who has a murderous past, wants her back. Keeping the paralyzed Sheldon prisoner, she forces him to revive the character in a continuation of the series, and she reads each page as it comes out of the typewriter; there is a joyously Dickensian novel within a novel here, and it appears in faded typescript. Studded among the frightening moments are sparkling reflections on the writer and his audience, on the difficulties, joys and responsibilities of being a storyteller, on the nature of the muse, on the differences between ``serious'' and ``popular'' writing. Sheldon is a revealingly autobiographical figure; Annie is not merely a monster but is subtly and often touchingly portrayed, allowing hostage and keeper a believable, if twisted, relationship. The best parts of this novel demand that we take King seriously as a writer with a deeply felt understanding of human psychology.
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Summary: misery
Review: misery is very boring in some parts. it is also very exciting in some parts. i really like stephen king's work it's just that this was very dull even though you can't put the book down.
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