Misery in Read the Movie

Aug 14, 2011 Richard rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: horror, reviewed, america, no-longer-own, king-stephen

This was another instance of plucking forbidden fruit. I may have bought it at the same time as The Exorcist. And once again, I read it in one sitting, staying up all night in order to finish it. I think I had already seen the film, but the book was, if anything, even creepier.

What I like about it is that King delves into the process and the philosophy of writing in the person of the captive writer, Paul Sheldon. Moreover, Sheldon admits to himself that he has consciously chosen to write pulpy r ...more

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Nov 17, 2012 W rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: horror, suspense-thriller

Stephen King never ceases to amaze me, this book gripped me until the end. I am obviously a huge fan of his work, and this was definitely an awesome one. I have never seen the movie, if there is one, i would always read the book first, as i believe it is usually better than the movie. The writing was clever, and kept me on the edge of my seat, or in my case, bed.

The story begins with Paul Sheldon, a writer who has an accident after drinking too much. He is "saved" by Annie Wilkes, i put that in ...more

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Jul 27, 2011 Bethany Jenkins rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

This book started out so slowly, there were actually a few days that I didn't think I was going to make it through the whole thing. Luckily, I decided to give it one more weekend (not to mention my pride has never let me put a book I started down). Once I hit that magic 50-page mark, the amount of pages you're supposed to give every book, it sped up beautifully. Mr. King lived up to his usual high standards. There were so many instances in this book where I was literally scared out of my mind. I ...more

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