Gerald's Game

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Summary: Better than I expected
Review: Gerald's game is not typical Stephen King . . . at least not what I am used to reading from Mr. King. The book's main character is a woman named Jessie, who finds herself in quite a predicament after a rather unfortunate event involving her husband. I liked Jessie's character, although I must admit it took me some time to identify with her situation. The book dives into the deep waters of child sexual abuse and the damage it can cause. Jessie is constantly facing her "day when the sun went out." I found myself turning pages quickly at times to find out what was going to happen next, but slowly at other times just trudging along to finish a chapter. The final 50-70 pages were the most difficult for me to read simply because I had grown tired of the story. I wanted to finish the book and I wanted to see how everything turned out for Jessie, but it seemed to drag along too long. I love King's work, and I"m not usually one to suggest he cut down on anything. This time he should have created a short story instead of the entire novel. I can't suggest NOT reading a King book, but this isn't one I would read first.

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Summary: A creepy, macabre novel of terror...
Review: How would you like to be handcuffed to your bed, in a house in the middle of nowhere, with the front door left open for the wild beasts (and monsters) to enter, and your husband lying dead at the side of the bed...

Well, that's the predicament Jessie has found herself in. She didn't mean to kill her husband, she really didn't, but now he's dead, and she's stuck. But she's not alone. She's being watched...by man and beast...or something worse...

Stephen King's "Gerald's Game" is a thrilling glimpse at what a person will do in moments of utter desperation. Not necessarily a supernatural thriller (though it leaves you wondering), "Gerald's Game" is a great example of psychological suspense, written by the master of horror. Loosely tied with "Dolores Claiborne" (no, you don't have to read it to get this one), it is one of King's strangest--and yet most engrossing--novels to date.

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Summary: He does it again....
Review: WARNING: TINY "SPOILER" COMING UP. NOT MUCH OF ONE BUT I WANTED TO WARN FOR THOSE STICKLER'S OUT THERE.

At first I almost didn't read this book. It just didn't seem like the King that I like. Except I like ALL his books so I decided to go for it. It was a heart stopper and I loved it. I couldn't put it down in some parts.

One thing: and this gives a TINY bit of the story away so if you haven't read it yet you might not want to read this part:

Why didn't Joubert kill her? This was never explained. It seems totally weird that he would just lurk in the shadows and then just go away. Plot flaw!





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Summary: couldn't finish
Review: This is the First Stephen King novel I didn't finish. I read a lot more than I wanted to, because I kept thinking it would get interesting instead it was long "drawn out" nothingness.

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Summary: Exceptional work...
Review: Books don't keep my attention unless I can read the first 20 pages or so and can visualize everything described in the text: characters, their voices, their motions, scenery, etc. This book had me seeing everything from the start; how Jessie and Gerald looked, how the cabin looked (and feeled).. everything in this book from start to start to finish was going through my eyes as though it were being projected on a movie screen. The last quarter of the book takes the story in a very different direction than the first 75 percent, but is still mesmerizing to read. The last quarter of the last quarter, however (if that makes sense), veers off in a totally different direction than the rest of the book, which is neither good nor bad, it's just a bit of a twist. Anyway, I loved this book, and if you love Stephen King and/or psycological suspense, you'll love this book. Trust Me.

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Summary: Didn't Do It For Me
Review: Very disappointing. The story line was weak.
One of King's poorest.

Rating:
Summary: one of his best
Review: I finally took this book off the shelf this summer after owning it since it was first published, and I literally couldn't put it down. It makes you feel that you are there, that this incredibly horrible experience is happening to you. When a couple spends a day at their summer home in Maine and decide to have some bondage sex, a freak accident occurs which leaves the wife handcuffed to the bedposts in nothing but panties with a dead husband on the floor. The screendoor bangs regularly, she hears a dog barking and the distant sound of a chainsaw. But, she knows nightfall is on its way, and by the way, she is haunted inside her head by various voices which try to advise her, and nearly succeed in driving her over the edge. The suspense is breathtaking. The inner story that plays in her head is of the summer of the solar eclipse in 1963, the day her father did a very bad thing to her, hence the voices ever since. But she is a survivor. Good ending too. Also, there is a vague connection to King's "Dolores Claiborne. This is a terrifying book for a woman alone.

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Summary: Vivid
Review: In Gerald's Game Stephen King paints a vivid picture of a married woman's bedroom games gone horribly wrong. Now, still handcuffed to the bed and her husband dead on the floor while the keys to the cuffs are across the room...what can she do to escape? What won't she do?

Terrorized by her past memories as much as her current reality- this woman is in for the most frightening experience of her life- if she can survive. And like any King book, anything CAN happen WILL happen to prevent that. As suspenseful as climbing a flight of stairs when you don't know what's at the landing above to push you back down, this novel has your heart racing. It only took me 2 days to complete, I was that engrossed.

This is now near the top of my favorite King's book list!

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Summary: A handcuffed couple stays together or so they say
Review: What a story! Stephen King has the ability to amaze you from book to book and page to page. Who could have guessed the ending to this story? We have all been in a situation close to the main story line of this novel. From what was in the mind of our heroine to what was real was intermeshed to the point that everything was real. Then we come to the end. I had to set for ten minutes and relate to what I had just read in the past few days to thoughly understand my feelings. If you read another book be sure this is the one. Outstanding to say the least.