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Misery by Stephen King

12 reviews

eleanor_w's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Blood, Confinement, Gore, Animal cruelty, Domestic abuse, Kidnapping, Addiction, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Death of parent, Physical abuse, Car accident, Murder, Suicidal thoughts, Body horror, Drug abuse, Medical trauma, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Medical content, Torture, Violence, and Vomit

mikeroderique's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional tense medium-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Emotional abuse, Drug abuse, Confinement, Body horror, Blood, Toxic relationship, Physical abuse, Medical trauma, Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Gaslighting, Forced institutionalization, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Drug use, Murder, Mental illness, Kidnapping, Addiction, Torture, Domestic abuse, and Death

Moderate: Slavery, Car accident, and Alcoholism

Minor: Cursing, Self harm, Racism, Rape, and Stalking

bunny_567's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-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? No

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Torture, Abandonment, Emotional abuse, Domestic abuse, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Gore, Gaslighting, Animal death, Gun violence, Violence, Cursing, Fire/Fire injury, Drug abuse, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Addiction and Alcohol

Minor: Car accident and Suicidal thoughts

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

Moderate: Medical content and Gun violence

Minor: Animal death, Death, and Child death

stardustdreamer's review against another edition

dark emotional medium-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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Blood, Body horror, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gaslighting, Murder, Physical abuse, Self harm, Torture, Grief, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Violence, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Kidnapping, and Car accident

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Alcoholism, Animal death, and Animal cruelty

Minor: Kidnapping, Death of parent, Medical content, Gun violence, and Racial slurs

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

kirstinreviews's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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

4.75

So, out of all the Stephen King books I've read (now a total of 3, including this one), this is the first one I've liked. Of course, this is one of his classic and most well known books. I haven't seen the movie (although I've heard it's great), but this book was really good. It was tense, had good characters, and I found the situation more believable than his other works. I also enjoyed the callback to The Shining. I recognized some of the towns that are named, and the reason why is they were also mentioned in The Shining. 

So, I hear you asking, why isn't this 5 stars? For one, I really don't like the use of the word rape in this novel. I know at the time it was written this word was okay to use, but apart from one scene, it really didn't need to be used. As the saying goes, if you can use anything other than rape, don't use rape.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Car accident, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Medical content, Mental illness, Murder, Physical abuse, Self harm, and Torture

juanbenedek's review against another edition

challenging 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? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Body horror, Car accident, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, and Violence

cuppa_curiositea's review against another edition

I simply wasn't enjoying this. I tried to give it a good attempt, but I found myself avoiding reading completely because I didn't want to read it. Within the first couple of chapters, King feels the need to state that none of Annie's orifices are sexually appealing and that she's curvy but only in the bust. It was a truly disgusting paragraph to read and fully fit the stereotype of "men writing women," and I found it so unnecessary to both the story and her character. From the description, I thought this would be much more of a psychological thriller, which I was really excited about, but it is very much focused on body horrors and physical abuses instead. From the reviews I've read, there may be more psychological aspects later, but I don't care to get there.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Car accident, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Excrement, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Medical content, Physical abuse, Torture, and Violence

blapointe's review against another edition

mysterious tense medium-paced

• Strong character development? N/A
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Kidnapping and Domestic abuse