John's review
Misery
by Stephen King
John's review
Misery by Stephen King
John's review
rating:
This has vaulted over almost every other Stephen King book I've read to my top spot, tied with Salems' Lot. I'll have to read Salems' Lot again to see if it really as as good as I remember. Misery is great, completely engrossing.
This book reminded me of something King said in "On Writing", about the writing process. He said to him sometimes, writing was like excavating a dinosaur skeleton. You find just a rib at first, that's like the initial idea. But the whole story is there, it's just buried, and you spend the rest of the process slowly uncovering it. That's how this book felt. The initial situation is a killer idea for a book, and all the plot that came afterwards felt so natural and right. So many times in the reading of this I found myself with a big grin on my face, thinking "I never saw that coming, but of course that's what would happen!". That, again, is King's great strength. Sometimes his dialogue is a little hokey, sure, but his characters are so tru...more
This book reminded me of something King said in "On Writing", about the writing process. He said to him sometimes, writing was like excavating a dinosaur skeleton. You find just a rib at first, that's like the initial idea. But the whole story is there, it's just buried, and you spend the rest of the process slowly uncovering it. That's how this book felt. The initial situation is a killer idea for a book, and all the plot that came afterwards felt so natural and right. So many times in the reading of this I found myself with a big grin on my face, thinking "I never saw that coming, but of course that's what would happen!". That, again, is King's great strength. Sometimes his dialogue is a little hokey, sure, but his characters are so tru...more
