Misery

by Stephen King

Mass Market Paperback, 338 pages

English language

Published June 15, 1988 by New American Library.

ISBN:: 978-0-451-15355-5
OCLC Number:: 408027486

(129 reviews)

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. Now Annie wants Paul to write his greatest work—just for her. She has lots of ways to spur him on. One is a needle. Another is an ax. And if they don't work, she can get really nasty...

-from the back cover

66 editions

LemmiSchmoeker reviewed Sie by Stephen King

Wie viel Spannung lässt sich in einer schon klar abgegrenzten Situation aufbauen?

3 stars

Obwohl hier die Geschichte schon interessieren kann, zieht King sie unerhört in die Länge: Auf ca. Seite 40 wird klar, woran alle Beteiligten sind. Bis Seite 100 zeichnet sich das ganze Ausmaß der Misere ab – und danach ist alles nur noch Stilübung. Wie viel Spannung lässt sich auf weiteren 300 Seiten Beschreibung einer schon klar abgegrenzten Situation noch aufbauen? Erstaunlich viel. Wie viel Überraschung? Naja, wesentlich weniger. Es ist kaum darüber hinwegzusehen, dass man der Routine eines Vielschreibers ausgeliefert ist, der seine Figuren und Situationen schon längst nach einem eingefahrenen Schema abarbeitet. Das allerdings kann er ziemlich gut.

Konstantin von Weberg reviewed Misery by Stephen King

Review of 'Misery' on 'Goodreads'

4 stars

Ich habe "Sie" gelesen und finde es überbewertet und albern. Moderner Kitsch, aber unheimlich erfolgreich!

Wer es mag!

Maerman reviewed Misery by Stephen King

Review of 'Misery' on 'Goodreads'

5 stars

Mister King is a dirty bird.

Paul Kater reviewed Misery by Stephen King

Review of 'Misery' on 'Goodreads'

5 stars

Note - I read the Dutch version so this review is in Dutch.

Wat een bijzonder boek. Ik ben nooit een fan geweest van Stephen King, maar dit boek, net als 'De ogen van de draak' zijn toch wel briljante producties.
Als je van onverwachte wendingen houdt zit je met dit boek goed. Aan het eind is er de nodige moord en doodslag en zelfs daar weet je niet eens precies wat er wel en niet gebeurt.

Aanrader als je van dit soort boeken houdt.

lijadora reviewed Misery by Stephen King

Review of 'Misery' on 'Goodreads'

4 stars

I've long put of starting this book - two people, one of which is immobile on only one location didn't seem like something that could engage me. It's a well told story. One of King's better ones even.

(NTS: 'read' the audiobook)

seabelis reviewed Misery by Stephen King

Review of 'Misery' on 'Goodreads'

5 stars

The story was as good as I remembered. One of his most intense, I think. This particular reading was just okay.

Zéro Janvier reviewed Misery by Stephen King

Review of 'Misery' on 'Goodreads'

3 stars

Du Stephen King classique, lu quand j'étais adolescent. Ce n'est plus forcément le genre de romans que je lis désormais, mais j'ai eu ma période Stephan King quand j'étais plus jeune.

LemmiSchmoeker reviewed Sie by Stephen King

Review of 'Sie' on 'Storygraph'

3 stars

Oreo Teeth reviewed Misery by Stephen King

Review of 'Misery' on 'Goodreads'

5 stars

I have always loved this book and it definitely holds up to multiple rereads. There are always nuances that creep me out even when I know the plot so well.

The Gnome King reviewed Misery by Stephen King

Review of 'Misery' on 'Goodreads'

4 stars

Everybody knows this story, mainly because of the movie, it is about a crazy lady who allows a writer to move in with her whilst he recuperates from a fender bender, things soon escalate out of control once the writer realises he is not in a 5 star hotel and the end result is one hell of a tantrum on a scale never seen before. Are all writers like this? I suggest kidnapping one and seeing for yourself.

The book is not one of King's usual horrors, this is suspense all the way, when reading this you'll be on the edge of your seat the whole time. Anne Wilkes is one of my favourite King characters, it makes me wonder if he met somebody like this in real life, King is known for putting events from his life into his books, so it makes you wonder.

Great book, probably due …

Books Deleter reviewed Misery by Stephen King

A classic

4 stars

I found a beat-up paperback copy of Misery on the pavement, a few blocks from my old apartment, read it and put it back on the street. Highly recommend reading it this way.