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Misery by Stephen King

170 reviews

emmacartlidge's review against another edition

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Drug abuse, and Medical content

Moderate: Violence

julesfromarvs's review against another edition

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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal death, Body horror, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

molly_greenshields's review against another edition

challenging dark tense fast-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

4.25

As my second Stephen King read, Misery had a lot to live up to considering how much I loved The Shining and although I wasn't *quite* as obsessed, nor did I devour it quite as quickly, it was pretty damn good. Sure, it was a hell of a lot more gruesome but once again, I found myself enraptured with King's prose, quite literally on the edge of my seat, quite literally gasping aloud (and probably startling a few people on my morning train), silently willing Paul Sheldon to escape from that goddamn house! So, although it's not quite up there with the spooks of The Overlook for me, Annie Wilkes' Colorado farmhouse not only frightened me half to death but it also surely cemented my love of Stephen King.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Torture, Blood, Kidnapping, and Car accident

Moderate: Gun violence and Medical content

Minor: Animal death, Child death, and Death

rossm's review against another edition

dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Torture, and Violence

kendalsbookcase's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Body horror, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Gore, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Blood, Excrement, Kidnapping, Car accident, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Misogyny and Sexism

kassidypf13's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Chronic illness, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Sexual assault, Kidnapping, and Injury/Injury detail

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

Minor: Child death and Car accident

karendarias's review against another edition

challenging dark tense slow-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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Gore, Torture, Violence, Medical content, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Death, Drug abuse, Blood, Medical trauma, Car accident, and Murder

sennaje's review against another edition

dark 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Body horror, Confinement, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Car accident, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Injury/Injury detail

booksaremysoulmates's review against another edition

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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Car accident, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail