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• 'Misery' is a truly frightening tale. I squirmed and sweated in solidarity with main character Paul Sheldon throughout his whole ordeal.To try and convey how effectively King can invoke pure fear in his readers, I will pose a simple question - how scary do you think drinking slightly soapy rinse water could be? Not that bad, you think? A little gross, maybe, but it's not the stuff of horror novels, you say? In the hands of King, this one little act opens your mind to the depths of Annie Wilkes terrifying madness. And it is deep. Read 'Misery' and in 20 years you may not remember a single detail from the plot, but you will never forget the true horror you felt while reading it.Highly, highly recommended.

  5.00 out of 5

  JessicaMichaelides

• Misery is only the second Stephen King book I've read with The Stand being the first. So I'm one of his new fans. I've had reservations about picking up his books before because I didn't think that I would really like horror stories (even though I absolutely love horror movies). So this year, as I started venturing a bit into the horror drama, I picked up a stack of his books on ebay. And since then have bought every single book I've seen in of his in used bookstores and library sales. While I was reading Misery, a lot of my family members said that I should just pick up the movie because it was so great. I've never really seen the movie version of Misery. I've seen like bits and pieces of it (the leg scene in particular), but not the whole thing. So, I liked the fact that while I was reading this, I had no idea what was going to happen, just that it would be gruesome (again because of the leg scene in the movie). The book was one hell of a ride. I find stories like this much more terrifying than the supernatural ones (though those scare the hell out of me, also) because crap like this can actually happen. I'm sure there are quite a few Annie Wilkes out there in this world, which is probably not a thought I should be dwelling on seeing as how it's 2 in the morning and everyone else in my house is asleep which is when, let's face it, most disturbing thoughts take place. I thought that King's character development was really great in Misery, although there are only two central characters in the novel, so that could have something to do with it. Annie Wilkes in particular was very well written. At first, I found myself feeling a bit sorry for her (feeling sorry for the psychopath? I know...), but as the novel progressed, my sympathy waned and I kept reading with disgust (and fascination, I'll admit it) at what she was doing to this man. It came to the point where I didn't really want to turn the page because I didn't want to see what else she was going to do. The book is pretty gory. I found myself covering my eyes while reading these parts even though the logical part of my brain was screaming at me "Alisha, it's a book, not a movie! You can close your eyes all you want, it's really not going to do a damn thing!" So, I was way into this book. I have much love for Misery. Sure, it disgusted me, terrified me, made me question my own sanity at one point, but it was entertaining. I recommend that everyone who loved the movie pick it up (unless of course, you're not that into gore. Even though, that may not even factor in considering I don't watch those torture porn horror movies, and I didn't find the gore in Misery over the top) and hopefully feel the intensity I felt reading it.

  5.00 out of 5

  silenceiseverything

• Extremely uncomfortable tale of obsession! One of his best!

  5.00 out of 5

  mumstheword

• Definitely one of King's best works. The terror is real. the scenario is believable. What will happen to a best selling author when he is kidnapped by his number one fan? They say you hurt the ones you love, so I guess the answer makes sense.

  5.00 out of 5

  camarie

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