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Misery by Stephen King

9 reviews

mariana_ct08's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-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: Blood, Violence, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Religious bigotry, Gore, Genocide, Panic attacks/disorders, Torture, Self harm, Physical abuse, Mental illness, Injury/Injury detail, and Fire/Fire injury

crowbarsoda'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

2.75

I found this book a bit hard to get through. King is known for his shock factors in his stories but all I could focus on was the several-page-long tangents he would go on with topics that sometimes didn’t even apply to the story. I found myself skipping over parts where he included pieces of Misery because after torturing myself with reading it once i realized that it really had nothing to offer except as a filler. Disappointing, yet fruitful at the same time. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Violence, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Physical abuse, Murder, and Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Rape

georgia_lou's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Drug abuse, Gore, Medical content, Suicidal thoughts, Body horror, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Vomit, Mental illness, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Addiction, Blood, Drug use, Car accident, Medical trauma, Emotional abuse, Kidnapping, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

stellxspi's review against another edition

dark 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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Confinement, Violence, Car accident, Panic attacks/disorders, Stalking, and Torture

coco78337's review against another edition

dark emotional 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Violence, Vomit, Torture, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Confinement, Drug abuse, Addiction, Gore, Suicidal thoughts, Self harm, Physical abuse, Murder, Medical content, Kidnapping, Injury/Injury detail, and Mental illness

Minor: Animal death, Blood, Car accident, Cursing, Physical abuse, and Panic attacks/disorders

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

himangi's review against another edition

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Excrement, Body horror, Confinement, Cursing, Physical abuse, Racism, Car accident, Gore, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Medical content, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Drug abuse, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Addiction, Alcoholism, Blood, Mental illness, Racial slurs, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Self harm, Torture, Violence, Abandonment, Body shaming, Death of parent, Death, Alcohol, Drug use, Emotional abuse, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Vomit

Minor: Sexual assault and Rape

treyy's review against another edition

dark emotional sad 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, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Gore, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Racial slurs, Stalking, Torture, and Addiction

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts

randanopterix's review against another edition

dark reflective tense fast-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? It's complicated

4.75

A miserable book, absolutely fantastic. King’s writing gets a little corny here and there, but not enough to put me off how incredibly uncomfortable and surprisingly insightful this book can be.  Fantastic character study of the sardonically determined Paul and the insane but dangerously clever Annie Wilkes. 

Lots of King-typical stomach churning violence partitioned by moments of commentary about media creation and its relationship with the consumer/mega-fan. 

Great book!! Loved it! Terrible! Fantastic! Kind of made me want to throw up! Read it!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, and Violence

Moderate: Ableism, Addiction, Alcoholism, Cannibalism, Car accident, Cursing, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Gun violence, Medical content, Murder, Racial slurs, and Racism