Reviews tagging 'Medical content'

Misery, by Stephen King

56 reviews

emma_newton's review against another edition

dark slow-paced

• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No

2.0

This book could’ve been 100 pages and I would’ve gotten just as much from it. The writing is very lyrical but it doesn’t need to be. There is no real backstory to justify any of Annie’s actions making her feel more impulsive in a childlike way than scary. Honestly I was either grossed out or bored through the whole book…I have loved thrillers before and I really wanted to like SK but since this is my second try I think maybe I just don’t vibe with his writing🤷🏼‍♀️

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Medical content, Car accident, Blood, Gore, Kidnapping, Gun violence, Violence, Medical trauma, Torture, Mental illness, Drug abuse, Drug use, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Body horror, Animal cruelty, Murder, Self harm, Injury/Injury detail, and Confinement

Minor: Racial slurs, Racism, and Rape

theinkdrinker's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective sad 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Medical content, Addiction, Drug use, Physical abuse, Medical trauma, Gore, Emotional abuse, Confinement, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Gaslighting, Blood, Murder, and Mental illness

Moderate: Fatphobia, Abandonment, Cursing, Suicidal thoughts, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Violence

Minor: Vomit, Alcoholism, and Racial slurs

lousnewchapter's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, Death, Death of parent, Gore, Violence, Blood, Car accident, Drug use, Kidnapping, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Gaslighting, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Alcohol, Suicidal thoughts, Emotional abuse, Addiction, Drug abuse, Medical content, and Fire/Fire injury

emmacartlidge's review against another edition

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Confinement, and Drug abuse

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

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

4.75

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

Moderate: Medical content and Gun violence

Minor: Child death, Death, and Animal death

a_story_in_punk's review against another edition

challenging dark 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical trauma, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Addiction, Body horror, Death, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Murder, Confinement, Car accident, Medical content, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Self harm, Torture, and Violence

mmadill227's review against another edition

dark 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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Confinement, Injury/Injury detail, Fire/Fire injury, Kidnapping, and Blood

Moderate: Alcoholism, Drug use, Addiction, Mental illness, and Medical content

Minor: Vomit and Car accident

kathleenwho's review against another edition

dark reflective 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Torture, Murder, Suicidal thoughts, Emotional abuse, Body horror, Drug use, Kidnapping, Addiction, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Medical content, Stalking, Medical trauma, Mental illness, and Physical abuse

tesslw's review against another edition

dark emotional tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

When Paul Sheldon, best selling novelist and author of the beloved Misery Chastain romance series veers off the road in a snow storm and wrecks his car, he wakes up with a strange house with Annie Wilkes as his bed nurse. As chance would have it, she’s an ex nurse herself - and his biggest fan. She also HATED his latest release. Keeping him captive in her house, Annie is determined for Paul to right his wrongs and give her the book ending she feels she and Misery deserve. She tells Paul he’s lucky to be alive… but boy does she have ways of making him wish he were dead. 

This was my favourite SK book I’ve read so far (though Pet Sematary,  Salem’s Lot and IT are all still yet to come!). I enjoyed the sheer lunacy that soaked through the pages, and the creeping sense of unease (and honestly, impending doom) that deepened chapter by chapter. The depth of character in both Paul and Annie really kept me sucked in as they both had elements of being entirely insufferable (although insufferable probably doesn’t really cover the bounds of Annie Wilkes’ behaviour and capabilities….!) . I swear to god this book had me sweating at points, it was TENSE. It’s also gruesome and psychologically gruelling so…. If that’s not your bag, I would veer away from this one. 

Additionally I would like to note that there are definitely some questionable racial language and stereotypes that I do not condone, but I do also acknowledge that this was published the best part of 40 years ago. I also borrowed this from my local library, so did not contribute any money to King by reading this. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, and Gore

Moderate: Addiction, Car accident, Medical content, Kidnapping, Racial slurs, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, and Racism