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Misery by Stephen King

6 reviews

cardan_greenbriar_1's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

4.0

J'ai beaucoup aimé. Les personnages sont vraiment très bien écrits et très intéressants. Il y avait des moments où je trouvais que c'était long mais je comprends que c'est important, pour montrer à quel point l'enfer que vivait Paul était long. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Death, Mental illness, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Dementia, and Murder

Moderate: Animal death, Gun violence, Suicidal thoughts, Car accident, and Abandonment

Minor: Alcohol

ginniereads's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, Blood, Dementia, Kidnapping, Murder, Dysphoria, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Alcoholism, Eating disorder, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Car accident, and Gaslighting

Minor: Vomit

laurarosessupposes's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

King's talent really shines through in this one and has not only a compelling plot but also a great amount of metaphorical depth. For those who loved 'The Shining', there is also a fun Overlook Easter egg hidden in there.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Physical abuse, Violence, Blood, Car accident, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Addiction, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Vomit, Dementia, Suicide attempt, and Alcohol

begentile's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Child death, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Medical content, Dementia, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Stalking, Car accident, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Abandonment, and Dysphoria

joseffiinna's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.75

el libro engancha, la descripciones no son densas y te tiene en vilo todo el tiempo x la vida de paul. me gustó, tiene un libro dentro de otro libro y eso fue interesante porque ayuda a entender un poco más los arranques de annie. el libro consiguió darme asco y sentir tensión, además de tener la necesidad de, por momentos, saber qué va a pasar después. al ser el personaje principal un escritor, fue interesante ver los tips que daba y cómo se sentía, plus ver cómo se degrada su situación mental y cómo va para peor. el final fue acertado, paul sobrevive pero sumamente traumado. me hizo decir "esta tipa no puede estar tan loca" más de una vez. la dinámica me entretuvo, qsy, estuvo bien.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Drug use, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Dementia, Kidnapping, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Injury/Injury detail

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!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Slavery, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Dementia, Kidnapping, and Medical trauma

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.