Written by Stephen King

Publisher: Viking Books
Pages: 370
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Published: 1987-06-08
Original Language: English

Paul Sheldon. He's a bestselling novelist who has finally met his biggest fan. Her name is Annie Wilkes and she is more than a rabid reader - she is Paul's nurse, tending his shattered body after an automobile accident. But she is also his captor, keeping him prisoner in her isolated house.

Read from 2014-02-01 to 2014-02-13
Read in English
Rating: 4/5
Review: Wow. Misery… a thrilling, dark, claustrophobic, occasionally gross, far-fetched yet believable, page-turner which seems to make a game out of pushing all the right buttons at exactly the right time. Without wanting to spoil anything, Misery is about a writer, Paul Sheldon, who ends up in what turns out to be a pretty bad spot. Think you know what will happen? You don’t. Think it can’t get any worse for the main character? It does.

I get the impression that Stephen King could probably write about anything at all in a way which would make millions want to read it. Though, the guy can certainly construct a plot as well. Misery is more of a situation-drama than anything else, but every drop of juice has been squeezed out of the premise, in a good way. The story is in many ways driven forward by the main character’s state of mind. The way his mind develops, and the way in which this is described, is fascinating and scary in equal measure. No, this book hasn’t had a profound impact on me, and no, I probably won’t be thinking about it a week from now, but wow, it was a great ride. It is the perfect read-in-the-dark-in-the-middle-of-the-night book, and is genuinely one you won’t want to put down.