Misery

The novel is quite slow to start up but when it does it gets quite good. The concept of an author being in a bad car wreckage and geting picked up by a psyco named Annie Wilkes who claims to be his "number-one fan" gets old after about 200 pages, though. I really enjoyed the story and the near-constant cover of suspense but I extremely disliked how the story dragged on forever. I found it difficult to finish this story to the end. Otherwise, it's a genious idea written by a genious author that never runs out of ideas. I would still recomend you buy this book, however... you won't be disappointed! It's an amazing book AND an awesome movie!

When I say "surprising" mostly I mean that as in surprisingly hard to get into. This was my first King novel, and I suppose I was expecting it to draw me in much more easily. However, as I progressed through the novel I discovered why this author is so beloved. King writes intelligently and really does know how to scare a person. I found myself thanking my lucky stars that Annie is only a fictional character, 'cause she's absolutely nuts.

Overall, it wasn't as fantastic as I was expecting, but it wasn't awful either. I still intend to check out King's other work. Misery was just an...interesting start.

I read the book before I watched the movie. Josehf Lloyd Murchison Author of “Tails of a Gay Incubus” sold at chapters.

Okay, first of all, I'm a huge Stephen King fan (like everyone) and I thought that Misery (the movie) was fantastic. In fact, I watch it probably no less than a dozen times a year. Its that good. And so I was very jazzed to read the book. WHAT A HUGE DISAPPOINTMENT. Its nowhere near as good as the movie. Which, in most cases, is not the norm. Ordinarily, in my opinion, books are better than the movie versions. However, this is not the case. Anyway, I found Misery (the book) to be OKAY ---at best, and stupid for the most part. He goes off on these tangents about African Bees and the tide coming in and out, and a bucnh of other stuff throughout the book that just slows the pace and make it confusing. The book does have its moments, that are gory and scary, but for the most part, its not that good. I'd give it a 4 out of 10.

I have read many of stephen kings books and i thought this one definately one of the bests! Creepy and keeps you reading till your done. I couldnt put this one downn. well Written if your a fan of stephen king ad other creepy authors definately pick of a copy of this one!! This book is also disturbing imagine it happening to you!! well this book is awesome and not for the faint of heart!!

Stephen King has written many novels in his day. Some works of fiction, and others works of horror. I find this book to be a psychological book. It's fast pased, intense, gruesome and scary at times. I find this book to be a great piece of work! This book is better than Cujo, far better!

Stephen King tells a sad but horrifying tale of an injured best selling author and a crazy nuber one fan fixed on blood and killing. She has many ways to hurt him, one is an axe and the other is an electric knife. She feels no pity for her victums.
This story is written in first person so you can go through everything he does. It is almost like you can feel the pain he is going through.
Overall I would give this book 5 stars for the authors ability to bring the reader into the story. An amazing book!

I bought this book because I love Stephen King, I started reading and I couldn't put it down...I sat there for the entire hour it took me to read it and didn't move, it held me securely with the graphic details and horrific images. It was indeed one of his best for sure.

This is a typical Stephen King work of the gruesome and macabre - a good book for an avid fan but not a choice for a first pick. A lack of humour and of romance could discourage the odd reader and some of the gruesome details could do worse. This is an imaginative and riveting tale about one person's obsession with a writer and his works. This obsession gets played out when she kidnaps the author and holds him prisoner while forcing him to write a story. A high point of the book is the writer's progress in a story, within a story, that could cost him his life. Annie is a quite alarming character that could lead some readers to suffer nightmare. Overall, however, Misery is a deliciously fast-paced thriller.

this is the gratest stephen king
I just bought it and I can't wait to read it

For anyone familiar with King's earlier novels, this one falls into the same category - quite rivetting but very graphic in a few areas. WARNING: may facilitate some unusual dreams (read: nightmares). Enjoy!

One of King's very best, and do I dare use the word 'masterpiece'? I think so, because this terror does not deal with demons or vampires or the devil. It is much more psychological based fear. The real horror comes from the fact that a crippled man lays helpless on the bed of a strong, healthy, mentally able, and quite deranged woman. She (Annie Wilkes) is his 'Number 1 Fan'. He is Paul Sheldon, an author who gets into a serious car accident in the country and almost dies. But Annie is there to rescue him, and King established in the first twenty pages that she is not all smiles and sunshine. Is in fact, quite dangerous, and there isn't a thing Paul can do, because he is injured and helpless, and her house is in the middle of the country, nice and remote. She has the power to let him live or die, and she can kill him whenever she wants. This, plus the fact that Annie is crazy and very well COULD kill him is where the terror lies in this book. This is a duel between the injured and the healthy, a battle of wits, that of which the advantage is not in the favour of the good guy.One of Kings greatest, 'Misery' is about the price of fame, and that sometimes the rescue can be far more excrutiating than the accident itself.

I FOUND THIS BOOK TO BE SO MUCH LIKE REALITY THAT IT WAS SO HARD TO PUT DOWN I FOUND IT TO BE MUCH LIKE THE MOVIE BUT BETTER IN BOOK FORM I THINK THAT STEPHEN KING HAS A VERY INTELLEGENT IMAGINATION VERY IMPRESSED THUMBS UP.