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Misery, by Stephen King

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lousnewchapter's review against another edition

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adventurous dark tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? No

3.0

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julesfromarvs's review against another edition

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dark informative tense fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

questa lettura è stata, in un certo senso, piacevole; ho trovato il racconto molto scorrevole e facile da seguire, e mi ha sicuramente tenuta attaccata alle pagine in una maniera assurda, contando i momenti carichi di suspense che ha. è un libro diverso dagli altri due si King che ho letto (The Stand e IT), e avevo il terrore che potesse non piacermi proprio perché, a differenza di quelli, ha solo due personaggi principali, e invece questa cosa non mi ha assolutamente pesato. anzi, trovo che Paul sia interessantissimo da leggere, e come sempre c'è grande attenzione al dettaglio e alla descrizione degli spazi.

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a_story_in_punk's review against another edition

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challenging dark tense fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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zarap's review against another edition

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dark medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.25

Misery is definitely one of those books that I would've loved if it had been written by someone other than a man (or, you know, a man who is aware of and cares about women and tropes about "crazy women" would also work). Annie is soooooo close to being a brilliant character to me -

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I love that she turns out to be much smarter than Paul initially suspects -

but ultimately falls flat due to King's misogynistic treatment of her. I'm not comfortable with books where the villain is just "ohh she's a crazy bitch idk," and this definitely feels like that to me. I would LOVE to read another version of this book where Annie is more complex, but it seems like that would have to come from someone other than Stephen King. I think what I want is the Viola Davis version of this book.

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mmadill227's review against another edition

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dark tense slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

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booksaremysoulmates's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? N/A
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

This is my first novel by Stephen King. Of course I watched some of the movie adaptions like the original „It“ and the new one as well as a view more but never read any of his novels, so I didn‘t really know what to expect, when it comes to his writing style. I am pleasantly surprised because his writing was better than I expected. I enjoyed all the metaphors he uses that makes the book feel more complex but still easy enough to follow. Misery was a book that I couldn’t put down, only when I really had to. I just wanted to know how it continues and ends. The story is about an author who finds himself captured by his biggest fan. That‘s all I am going to tell you about the book, even though most of you probably already know this one, since it‘s quite an old one BUT still the less you know about it going in, the better. I am honestly at a loss of words, the only thing I can say is that if you are a thriller fan, you‘re going to enjoy this just as much as I did. Please make sure that you can stomach gruesome stuff like murder in detail since this has a lot of bloody and gruesome scenarios in it. It‘s probably still one of the more tamer books by Stephen King but it‘s still gruesome, so please make sure that you can handle any of the topics like murder, selfharm, disfigurement, torture and much more. I highly recommend this to anyone that enjoys a good thriller, horror (even though personally I wouldn’t consider this horror) and any of the other Stephen King books.

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