Synopsis: After Paul Sheldon's (award winning author) accident, Annie Wilkes, his number one fan, takes him in and takes on the responsibility if being his nurse. He is grateful that she is taking care of him and his shattered legs, but his gratefulness soon turns to fear. She is a psychotic with an axe and torch who will do anything to keep him there to finish his award winning novels especially for her
Do you want to know what makes Misery so scary, its because whether or not you like it you empathise with the characters. In Misery for example. Just by reading the book you became Paul Sheldon stranded in that crazy woman's house after that terrible automobile accident. You felt his physical pain after he had awaken from that concussion, broken legs dislocated pelvis etc. and you felt his fear and anguish being trapped in that woman's house while she was going crazy, forcing him to write another novel while in all that intense pain.
You suffered his drug addiction as he was getting stoned on Novril. I will never forget that scene when he was in Annie's bathroom getting high on dope when he was not supposed to be out of his room when all of a sudden Annie drove back up. You felt Paul's intense fear. Think about it, as a kid have you ever done something that you were not supposed to be doing when your parents all of a sudden showed up? What could be more terrifying?
This book really grabs your attention and keeps you wanting to read on. The characters play excellent roles. The plot is intense. You don't know what is going to happen next. Annie Wilkes puts Paul Sheldon in misery throughout the story, slowly killing him in a way but at the same time saving him. Without her he wouldn't have survived, but without her he would not be tortured. The torture she puts him through is incredible, very creative. this is definitely one of Stephen King's best books. I have read the book and seen the movie and I recommend both. But I recommend the book most of all. It expresses much more detail than the movie does
A very good review. I read this book some time ago and I can remember nearly all of it as it made such an impact on me. I'm a big Stephen King fan though! Ellie.
Modena 18.02.2001 19:18
Hi, this isn't a comment on your excellent opinion but a "thanks" for commenting on my opinion about the CC. I was referring to the people who don't add "value" to Ciao, I have read a handful of opinions, it seems you have submitted 72 in the space of 10 days, be it they are all about films (this one's a book, fair enough) they are good and add value to Ciao as I said, also they are not 90 word ones either!!! The people I refer to are the ones that clearly write them online and do not say anything useful, like 50 opinions on football players, not saying anything constructive, or useless mobile phone ops that could be used to review any product. You are doing a fine job mookielidi, I have no complaints at all!!! (except that lately you have put "see above" on the advs/disadvs, I think that should be used to sum up your opinion) Thanks - Modena
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Advantages: A nice gripping and readable novel ; A terrific tale of survival ; Very atmospheric ; The characters thoughts and feelings are projected well to the reader Disadvantages: Suddenly stops flowing towards the middle ; King can be slightly over obsequious towards the main character
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Review of Misery - Stephen King
Advantages: Fantastic story, chilling, wonderfully woven characters, extremely realistic Disadvantages: Only available in pricy hardback edition at time of writing
Feb 18th, 2001
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