tpliebe's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
If you're a writer? This book is about a writer's worst nightmare. And King does this sort of thing so very well!
Content Warnings
Graphic: Blood, Violence, Toxic relationship, Slavery, Physical abuse, Mental illness, Medical trauma, Kidnapping, Gore, Emotional abuse, Dementia, Death, Cursing, and Confinement
It's Stephen King, the dark side. And it's every writer's worst nightmare. You can tell who's a writer if you encounter a fan of King's books and you ask how many times they've read Misery. Most writers will say, once.
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