Quike D-B reviewed Misery by Stephen King
Review of 'Misery' on 'Goodreads'
5 stars
Eres el mejor, viejo Steve.
First Edition, 310 pages
English language
Published Jan. 1, 1987 by Viking.
Misery
by Stephen King
- ISBN:
- 978-0-670-81364-3
- OCLC Number:
- 472969902
- Goodreads:
- 57397535
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4 stars
(168 reviews)
Stephen King is arguably the most popular novelist in the history of American fiction. He owes his fans a love letter. Misery is it.
Paul Sheldon, author of a bestselling series of historical romances, wakes up one winter day in a strange place, a secluded farmhouse in Colorado. He wakes up to unspeakable pain (a dislocated pelvis, a crushed knee, two shattered legs) and to a bizarre greeting from the woman who has saved his life: "I'm your number one fan!"
Annie Wilkes is a huge ex-nurse, handy with controlled substances and other instruments of abuse, including an axe and a blowtorch. A dangerous psychotic with a Romper Room sense of good and bad, fair and unfair, Annie Wilkes may be Stephen King's most terrifying creation. It's not fair, for example, that her favorite character in the world, Misery Chastain, has been killed by her creator, as Annie discovers when …
Stephen King is arguably the most popular novelist in the history of American fiction. He owes his fans a love letter. Misery is it.
Paul Sheldon, author of a bestselling series of historical romances, wakes up one winter day in a strange place, a secluded farmhouse in Colorado. He wakes up to unspeakable pain (a dislocated pelvis, a crushed knee, two shattered legs) and to a bizarre greeting from the woman who has saved his life: "I'm your number one fan!"
Annie Wilkes is a huge ex-nurse, handy with controlled substances and other instruments of abuse, including an axe and a blowtorch. A dangerous psychotic with a Romper Room sense of good and bad, fair and unfair, Annie Wilkes may be Stephen King's most terrifying creation. It's not fair, for example, that her favorite character in the world, Misery Chastain, has been killed by her creator, as Annie discovers when Paul's latest novel comes out in paperback. And it's not good that her favorite writer has been a Don't-Bee and written a different kind of novel, a nasty novel, the novel he has always wanted to write, the only copy of which now lies in Annie's angry hands.
Because she wants Paul Sheldon to be a Do-Bee, she buys him a typewriter and a ream of paper and tells him to bring Misery back to life. Wheelchair-bound, drug-dependent, locked in his room, Paul doesn't have much choice. He's an entertainer held captive by his audience. A writer in serious trouble. But writers have weapons too...
Misery is a nightmare only Stephen King could have, and one only Stephen King could render in such gruesome detail. Nice of him to share it with us. --jacket flap
Hellsbelles reviewed Misery by Stephen King
Misery
4 stars
I have been reading Stephen King for a long time, and I find often times that I either REALLY enjoy them or really do not. This was one I REALLY enjoyed. The development of Annie as a villain and the psychological warfare between the two of them is all encompassing. At one point I got so stressed I had to put the book down to take a breath. It keeps you on the edge of your seat and it moves quickly. 400 pages flew by. J
Ramirenko reviewed Misery by Stephen King
Misery
2 stars
Todas las señales indicaban que la obra de Stephen King no era para mí, sobre todo tras leer “Mientras escribo” y poder conocer de primera mano sus ideas literarias. Quise probar con una de sus obras más alabadas a pesar de contar con esa información de antemano y, efectivamente, no me equivocaba.
Lo digo con cierta rabia. Me apetecía sumergirme en su mundo de buenas y truculentas ideas, a pesar de que el principal problema que tengo es precisamente ese: que necesito más que una buena idea razonablemente bien contada. Yo en la literatura no busco únicamente acción, acción y acción; quiero reflexiones, quiero frases evocadoras, quiero que las palabras resuenen, quiero que me cuenten de una forma distinta una sensación ya conocida para que así se transforme en otra cosa… No encuentro en este libro ninguna de los deleites que me proporciona un buen libro. Creo además que ni …
Todas las señales indicaban que la obra de Stephen King no era para mí, sobre todo tras leer “Mientras escribo” y poder conocer de primera mano sus ideas literarias. Quise probar con una de sus obras más alabadas a pesar de contar con esa información de antemano y, efectivamente, no me equivocaba.
Lo digo con cierta rabia. Me apetecía sumergirme en su mundo de buenas y truculentas ideas, a pesar de que el principal problema que tengo es precisamente ese: que necesito más que una buena idea razonablemente bien contada. Yo en la literatura no busco únicamente acción, acción y acción; quiero reflexiones, quiero frases evocadoras, quiero que las palabras resuenen, quiero que me cuenten de una forma distinta una sensación ya conocida para que así se transforme en otra cosa… No encuentro en este libro ninguna de los deleites que me proporciona un buen libro. Creo además que ni siquiera está narrada con especial buen gusto ni oficio. Es tedioso la manera tan pormenorizada de desarrollar la acción. Y si debajo de eso no hay nada, pues poco más tengo que decir.
Lo siento, Stephen. Lo intenté. No te desanimes ante mi crítica y cómprate otro yate.
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
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.
Oreo Teeth reviewed Misery by Stephen King
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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
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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 …
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 a re-read one day.
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.
Grey Liliy reviewed Misery by Stephen King
Review of 'Misery' on 'Goodreads'
5 stars
Haven't seen the movie, but I had seen it parodied everywhere I've turned. Figured it was about time I sat down and read it, considering I've loved every other book I've read by King. Started it years ago reading half the book in a single sitting, put it down for one reason or another, had no problem picking it up and finishing it in a second single sitting.
Probably the first horror novel to really make me flinch - especially there towards the last third of the book when the ax gets involved. Annie Wilkes definitely tops out on one of the most horrifying characters ever written.
The entire experience of the book is definitely intensified by the limited cast of Paul and Annie, so much so that when third parties start entering they feel as strange to the reader as they probably did to captive Paul. Definitely a thriller …
Haven't seen the movie, but I had seen it parodied everywhere I've turned. Figured it was about time I sat down and read it, considering I've loved every other book I've read by King. Started it years ago reading half the book in a single sitting, put it down for one reason or another, had no problem picking it up and finishing it in a second single sitting.
Probably the first horror novel to really make me flinch - especially there towards the last third of the book when the ax gets involved. Annie Wilkes definitely tops out on one of the most horrifying characters ever written.
The entire experience of the book is definitely intensified by the limited cast of Paul and Annie, so much so that when third parties start entering they feel as strange to the reader as they probably did to captive Paul. Definitely a thriller and I was definitely cheering for Paul by the end of the book.
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