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Misery by Stephen King

5 reviews

fkshg8465's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

4.0

This was terrifying and horrid. The only reason I picked it up is because my goddaughter’s school is putting it on as a play next month, and I wanted to read it first. This is the kind of thing nightmares are made of.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Confinement, Death, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Alcohol, Grief, Blood, Suicidal thoughts, Body horror, Bullying, Emotional abuse, Kidnapping, Addiction, Murder, Slavery, Torture, and Violence

kirtreads's review against another edition

challenging dark sad tense slow-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

4.5

I have read a fair amount of Stephen King so I thought I knew what I was getting into. This book is a lot more graphic in terms of body horror and gore than his other books. It’s also such a good character driven novel that it never feels like gore for gores sake. I couldn’t believe how well the slip into madness for both the characters were portrayed. I felt like they were real people ready to walk out of the book. Great read! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Addiction, Body horror, Confinement, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Gaslighting, Gore, Torture, Medical trauma, Bullying, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Medical content, Murder, Physical abuse, and Violence

Minor: Car accident and Child death

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

emareads's review against another edition

dark 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Self harm, Torture, Injury/Injury detail, Suicide, and Violence

Moderate: Addiction, Bullying, Car accident, Alcoholism, and Drug abuse

zoe_wein's review against another edition

challenging dark sad 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Blood, Bullying, Body horror, Emotional abuse, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, and Gore

Moderate: Addiction, Animal death, Car accident, Child death, Cursing, Drug abuse, Self harm, and Kidnapping