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Misery, by Stephen King

27 reviews

theinkdrinker's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Medical content, Addiction, Drug use, Physical abuse, Medical trauma, Gore, Emotional abuse, Confinement, Death, Injury/injury detail, Gaslighting, Blood, Murder, and Mental illness

Moderate: Fatphobia, Abandonment, Cursing, Suicidal thoughts, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Violence

Minor: Vomit, Alcoholism, and Racial slurs

lousnewchapter's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, Death, Death of parent, Gore, Violence, Blood, Car accident, Drug use, Kidnapping, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Gaslighting, Gun violence, Injury/injury detail, Murder, Alcohol, Suicidal thoughts, Emotional abuse, Addiction, Drug abuse, Medical content, and Fire/Fire injury

rachelunabridged's review against another edition

dark tense medium-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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Injury/injury detail, Physical abuse, Death, Mental illness, Murder, Cursing, Blood, Car accident, Emotional abuse, Torture, Body horror, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Suicidal thoughts, Grief, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Animal cruelty and Vomit

Minor: Animal death and Child death

lourdesslou's review against another edition

dark sad tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Injury/injury detail, Murder, Drug use, Torture, Violence, and Gaslighting

kirtreads's review against another edition

challenging dark sad tense slow-paced

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

4.5

I have read a fair amount of Stephen King so I thought I knew what I was getting into. This book is a lot more graphic in terms of body horror and gore than his other books. It’s also such a good character driven novel that it never feels like gore for gores sake. I couldn’t believe how well the slip into madness for both the characters were portrayed. I felt like they were real people ready to walk out of the book. Great read! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Addiction, Body horror, Confinement, Grief, Injury/injury detail, Gaslighting, Gore, Torture, Medical trauma, Bullying, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Medical content, Murder, Physical abuse, and Violence

Minor: Car accident and Child death

raesansom's review against another edition

dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Kidnapping, Emotional abuse, Addiction, Medical trauma, Racial slurs, Fatphobia, Torture, Violence, Gore, Mental illness, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Gaslighting, Physical abuse, Murder, and Body horror

Moderate: Child abuse, Child death, Car accident, and Racism

scarlojazzy's review against another edition

dark hopeful sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Car accident, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Gore, Injury/injury detail, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Murder, Physical abuse, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Sexual violence

bookishdiya's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

TW: physical and mental abuse, mentions of mental illness, violence, gore

I am as relieved as Paul Sheldon, as I type this. Finally, after what seems like years and years of torture and abuse, even though it was mere months, Paul was finally free. Like Paul used to fall through the hole in the paper while writing, I, too fell through the hole in the book and watched in horror as Annie Wilkes, Paul’s “number one fan”(and don’t you ever forget it) forced Paul to do her bidding, and punished him when he resisted.

It’s made clear in the book at the beginning that Annie suffers from a mental illness, which is never explicitly named. However, her personality, distinct from her mental illness, is obnoxious. She would blame Paul for her actions, instead of owning up, and when she did, which was rare, would do so reluctantly, and always rationalise her actions. She also had extreme notions of good and bad, was extremely cunning and lied easily and convincingly.

The story moves at a very slow pace, and although it was really interesting to get a peek at a writer’s mind, nonetheless fictional, I found myself becoming impatient. The last 100 pages or so, made up for it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Torture, Suicidal thoughts, Self harm, Vomit, Mental illness, Confinement, Murder, and Gaslighting

pasavedra's review against another edition

dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Murder, Self harm, Torture, Violence, Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Car accident, Confinement, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Gore, Injury/injury detail, Kidnapping, and Suicidal thoughts

boundforinfinity's review against another edition

dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

5.0

'Misery's Annie Wilkes proves 5 star material. A villain with a narrative that compels and excites. Writer Paul Sheldon gives enough energy, sparky but troubled. He works a miracle on the writing and Wilkes complements his fury.
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I don't believe I have to prove how amazing both the book and the film where, but they were worth their weight in gold

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Car accident, Chronic illness, Child death, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Grief, Gore, Injury/injury detail, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Medical content, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Stalking, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, and Torture