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A review by cekisha
Gerald's Game by Stephen King
5.0
Warning: I wouldn't recommend this book to those who are easily triggered by confinement, child molestation, mutilation and necrophilia.
To be honest I hadn't even heard of this book until I watched the trailer for the upcoming film adaptation. And that's when I got intrigued by the whole idea of being handcuffed to the bed, with a dead husband next to it.
I simply knew that most of the horror would happen in Jessie's head and the confinement would trigger some really painful memories.
It is interesting to note that this book is closely related to [b:Dolores Claiborne|7278752|Dolores Claiborne|Stephen King|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1275665144s/7278752.jpg|6560478] because the two main characters sorta "meet" through a trance for a moment during the Solar Eclipse which might or might have not set off the monstrous events in their lives.
I guess the scariest thing about [b:Gerald's Game|32692|Gerald's Game|Stephen King|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1297737756s/32692.jpg|4847031] is the complete hopelessness. There are two kinds of hopelessness:
1. the physical hopelessness which is obviously the one in which Jessie currently finds herself, handcuffed and confined to the bed posts, unable to defend herself or move.
2. the psychological hopelessness of
I'd recommend this book to those who like to read about exploring the darkest parts of human mind. Because that is the true horror.
Men and women alone in the dark are like open doors, Jessie, and if they call out or scream for help, who knows what dread things may answer?
To be honest I hadn't even heard of this book until I watched the trailer for the upcoming film adaptation. And that's when I got intrigued by the whole idea of being handcuffed to the bed, with a dead husband next to it.
I simply knew that most of the horror would happen in Jessie's head and the confinement would trigger some really painful memories.
It is interesting to note that this book is closely related to [b:Dolores Claiborne|7278752|Dolores Claiborne|Stephen King|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1275665144s/7278752.jpg|6560478] because the two main characters sorta "meet" through a trance for a moment during the Solar Eclipse which might or might have not set off the monstrous events in their lives.
I guess the scariest thing about [b:Gerald's Game|32692|Gerald's Game|Stephen King|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1297737756s/32692.jpg|4847031] is the complete hopelessness. There are two kinds of hopelessness:
1. the physical hopelessness which is obviously the one in which Jessie currently finds herself, handcuffed and confined to the bed posts, unable to defend herself or move.
2. the psychological hopelessness of
Spoiler
being too young to understand and defend yourself, especially by those who should protect you, not betray you. This is correlated to the fact that Jessie was sexually molested by her father when she was 12 during the already mentioned and mysterious Solar Eclipse. She was "hopeless" in a sense that she had to keep the secret for more than 20 years, knowing that it would destroy her family. However, by protecting her family she has been steadily destroying her psyche which exploded during the confinement.I'd recommend this book to those who like to read about exploring the darkest parts of human mind. Because that is the true horror.