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Мізері by Stephen King

5 reviews

wickedbastard's review against another edition

dark 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? No

3.0

Surprisingly not very impacted by this book. I found it didn't really live up to the hype. There was a brief moment in the middle where I thought it started to pick up steam, when we find out a lot of backstory information about Annie Wilkes, but the moment doesn't last.

It's possible that the narrator wasn't really doing it for me, in which case I'd love to re-read Misery someday in paper.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Racial slurs

hjb_128's review against another edition

challenging dark tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• 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: Addiction, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

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

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

Moderate: Alcoholism, Slavery, and Car accident

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

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.