Misery - Stephen King

...severe sense of foreboding. Misery can be unpredictable and to be honest slightly misleading in parts if you don't follow the plot carefully. Throughout the novel I was expecting Stockholm syndrome to start manifesting in Paul Sheldon's mind, considering Annie had him hooked on drugs, and he relied on her so much. The trouble with Misery are the wretched flashbacks and the patches where Paul is writing a novel for Annie, which is initially a great ...
...play on words, being ambiguous, Misery would imply the feeling where as it can also refer to the main character of Paul Sheldons most successful novels. The plot of Stephen King's novel is centered around two main characters, Paul Sheldon and Annie Wilkes. Paul Sheldon is a successful novelist, most known for his saga on a character, with a slightly perverse name called misery. Paul has just killed her off in his previous novel and is feeling liberated ...

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...Name With Many Faces*** Misery is the heroine in best selling writer Paul Sheldon’s series of romantic historical novels. Misery is the pig that resides on the homestead of Paul Sheldon’s ‘Number One fan’ Annie Wilkes. When Annie Wilkes rescues him from a car crash - Misery is the situation Paul finds himself in. Two years of hard graft and in a quiet hotel room Paul Sheldon finally writes ‘The End’ on the novel he hopes will give him the acclaim ...
...nightmares about it today. However, Misery is my partner’s favourite book of all time - he has been begging me to read it almost from the very beginning of our relationship. My problem is not the horror aspect but the pain. My worst phobia of all time is pain. I can’t stand the thought of it; I can’t watch it... even Casualty makes me want to vomit. I can’t bear the thought of blood - yes I know, I know, if you have read the other opinions I have ...

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...his romantic novels that star Misery Chastain. Popular as the series may be, Paul has become increasingly unhappy with the trashy style and character, and so decides to kill off the aptly-named Misery in her final book. Finally free of Misery and able to concentrate on more satisfying, serious works of fiction, Paul is rather pleased with himself, and decides to embark on a drunken drive. Spontaneously, he decides to head North towards Colarado. ...
...talks eagerly about his latest Misery novel, and regularly gives him pain killing drugs. The bad news for Paul is that he has already made his biggest mistake. Annie is no ordinary 'number one fan' - she is absolutely obsessed with Misery Chastain, and is none to happy when she discovers that Paul has murdered her idol... Paul becomes more of a prisoner than patient. Trapped in the plain bedroom thanks to his mashed legs, he is forced to resurrect ...

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...in the famously written book Misery are not only bone chilling, but after a while you might almost think they are real. * Annie Wilkes- She is Paul Sheldon's number one fan, and plans to never let him go alive. Her infatuation with the one novel with the character Misery in it has got a great influence on the way she treats Paul, and tortures him. * Paul Sheldon- A famous author that has written many number one selling novels and books recently goes ...
...Thriller Misery is a bone-chilling thriller in its own sense, and once you start reading, you will not want to stop that easily... Whatever you do, remember it is only a story right? It is almost believable something like this could possibly, or did happen to somebody once you get in an entrapment. Before you start reading Misery make sure you check the doors are locked, the lights are on, and that Annie Wilkes is not under your bed. P L E A S A ...

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To me Misery is an astounding piece of literary genius penned by the infamous Stephen King. The book is again in the horror genre. Fascinatingly this book reads like a true story. It is a tremendous psychological thriller about obsessive love and extreme terror. The story There are two main characters in the book. There is Paul, a number one selling author and Anne, a nurse who says she is Paul’s number one fan. The story begins when Paul is involved ...
...character in the books - Misery Blaise. Anne then forces Paul to rewrite the novel so that Misery lives. Here starts the torture, and the dark side of the Anne’s character emerges. Anne makes sure that Paul has no means of escape. She does this by physically restraining Paul and using every means of torture, she can conjure up to force Paul to write the novel. When you read the book, you can sense Paul’s sheer terror and helplessness of the situation. ...

pippoodle 03.09.2001 · Read full review
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...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 ...
...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 ...

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...favourite novels, the creator of Misery Chastain, she couldn't believe her luck and decided to keep him all to herself. After all she was his number one fan.... But Annie was angry, very angry that Paul had killed Misery and decided that he must write a new 'Misery' novel just for her. Stephen King lets the story unfolds through the eyes of 'hostage' Paul. There is good character developement as this psychological novel progresses, Paul's pain ...
...cruelly dashes, and a roller coaster of despair, acceptance and fear. Annie's character swings unpredictably from sickly sweet to derranged and brutal, with her past unfolding through the pages of her journal. This is not a jolly novel, the 'Misery' of the title mirrors Paul's predicament, but I read with a constant hope that things would turn out OK in the end. The newly typed pages of the captors enforced writting are tedious at times, as is some ...

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Well this is my first opinion so please be gentle with me :)... I have always enjoyed Stephen King's style of writing and I came across this one while scanning through the library. I hadn't heard anything about it before and thought it would be good to check it out. From start to finish I was gripped. I made time to read this book and enjoyed mostly all of it. In this story, Stephen King's narrative swallows you in, bringing you into the centre ...
...can fully imagine from his detailed description the emotions and fear the main charcater goes through. You have no choice but to feel the cold sweat on your foreheads, the discomfort of being bedridden and the fear of living with a mad woman.. His descriptions let you know just how cold it is, the size of the room, the lighting, etc. He writes descriptivly enough to create a lasting and strong image in your mind and leaves you thinking about the ...

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...his books about fictional character Misery Chastain, which has the housewives of America hooked, especially, as it seems Anne Wilkes. However, Sheldon has tired of writing Misery books and has decided to end that part of his writing career and concentrate on writing more "serious" literature. When Anne reads one of his newer books she becomes enraged, and insists that he continues to write Misery books. When the new and final installment of the ...
...make him carry on writing Misery books. Eventually Sheldon has no option but to write another and sets about writing it, however he has a few tricks up his sleeve, and tries to contact the outside world. Towards the end of the book there are more, quite scary revelations about Wilkes, which Sheldon finds out, which makes it mush more imoprtant that he escapes. The latter half of the book is a fantastic battle of wits between Sheldon and Wilkes, fantastically ...

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Actually, Misery could be much worse: it is mainly a boring and trashy story of mentally ill romance book fan dreaming of clean and beautiful world (interesting idea never really explored) and her obnoxious prisoner, a writer of bestsellers trying to outwit the sadistic romantic. Sounds interesting? A classic? More like classless. ...

scarletpurity 28.07.2008
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Stephen King’s imagination is unreal. He has written so many horror books and still he can come up with better ones. I have read a couple of his novels, but I think “Misery” is one of the best and everybody should read this. It is the story of a very successful writer, who has a car accident and is found by his “greatest fan”. His car is totally buried in snow and the poor guy is very severely injured and thus depends on his saviour’s mercy. All ...
...regained his strength, he realises that it will not be so easy to leave. She is captivated by him and makes up all sorts of excuses why he cannot leave just yet. Police are searching for him, but they give up pretty quickly, when their efforts fail to produce a result. The nurse finds and reads a yet unpublished version of a new book, in which her heroine, “Misery” dies. This is the ending to a long sequel of books and she will not accept that. ...

bennyblanco 13.06.2000 · Read full review
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So what would you do handcuffed to the bed, with your loving dead on the floor and the telephone out of reach, and the nearest neighbours several miles away. Well unfortunately Jessie (the woman handcuffed to the bed) has to play through her past in her head, and struggle to get a glass of water off the shelf above her. It is interesting to read about her attempts to escape the handcuffs, and I was just dying to know how she was going to escape. ...
...her looking like the grim reaper. The book does not really take off until she makes her final attempt to escape, and the events of the investigation afterwards. A seemingly unrelated case of a grave robber who did sick things with the corpses comes to Jessie's attention and the guy looks like the Grim reaper. If this angle was developed further in the novel rather than in the last few chapters it would have been a much more entertaining read. If ...

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King at his best! If you have not seen the film - even if you have - get the book! This is Stephen King at his brilliant best! Taking a situation that is just about possible and making it into a compelling story which almost makes you want to call out to the main character Paul Shelden..."Quick quick! She’s coming!!" It is almost excruciating in places, as you feel that you should be able to do something to help! An excellent book that you will ...

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This book is really gripping and a must for any Stephen King fan. I could'nt put this book down once i started to read. The plot is great and the ending had me stuck to my seat. This is one of Kings best books and i would definately recommend it to others. You can become a fan at any age and i have now recruited my younger brother into reading his books and he loves them already (he is only 11). I have had over 12 years of great reading, reading ...

sharon25 08.12.2004 · Read full review
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Misery is by far my favourite book by Stephen King. It is very well written and although there aren’t many characters they are built up very well and it is easy to imagine that you are the writer who is held captive. It has all the suspense and excitement of the film and is every bit as good. If you have seen the film and enjoyed it, I would recommend you also read the book. I sometimes find Stephen King books too drawn out and long, but Misery is ...

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