This article provides a spoiler-free summary and review of the book Misery by Stephen King.
Of all Stephen King’s books, Misery has the darkest storyline. It is not only scary but also depressing. This book is not scary because of its supernatural elements, but what adds to the horror is that it is a psychological fright, making it all the more real and believable.
About the Book
Title: Misery
Author: Stephen King
Genre: Horror, Psychological Thriller
Publisher: Viking Press
Type: Standalone
Pages: 370
Goodreads rating: 4.20/5
Misery was nominated for the 1988 World Fantasy Award for Best Novel and received the first Bram Stoker Award for Novel in 1987.
Misery Chastain appears in a best-selling series of Victorian-era romance novels by Paul Sheldon. In the series’ concluding volume, Misery is killed off because Paul has grown tired of her. He has an accident on the way back to New York City. When he wakes up, he discovers that adjacent resident and former nurse Annie Wilkes has saved him.
Annie frequently reads Paul’s “Misery” books and calls herself his “number one fan.” Even though Paul has two seriously broken legs, she refuses to take him to the hospital, caring for him instead with her hoard of food and illegally obtained medications with codeine, on which Paul swiftly develops a dependence. Paul quickly determines that Annie is mentally ill because she frequently lapses into catatonic episodes and experiences fits of irrational wrath. After reading “Misery’s Child” and learning of Misery’s passing, Annie abandons Paul in her home for more than two days without providing him with food, water, or painkillers.
Will he be released from the clutches of his number one fan, or would he die in her hands?
Book Review of Misery
This story’s realism, in my opinion, is what makes it so compelling. With fascinating characters whose psyche is so thoroughly explored throughout the novel, Stephen King has created a very unsettling picture that completely immersed me in their heads. This book, which explores the thin boundary that fans sometimes draw between the real world and the fictional universes the authors constructed, was enjoyable to read.
Though only two characters are present in this book, the story never gets tedious. The novel explores obsession, loneliness, and the power of the relationship between an artist and their audience. The fascinating aspect of this book is how the protagonist, Annie, steadily loses her mental stability as she experiences increasingly horrible disclosure methods of torture. Annie is most likely one of the alarmingly insane female fictional characters. In reality, you never know what you’ll get. Since she is, let’s face it, quite evil, I can’t say that I like her character, but she is intriguing; for starters, the way she leads her life—she isolated herself from society on her small farm with her animals because she didn’t fit in until she met Paul Sheldon.
This book is my favorite King’s book, and I recommend it to all! Though the story is disturbing, it is a story that sticks with you even after you are done reading it.
Conclusion
Rating: 5 / 5
Recommendation: A must-read work of King’s.
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About the Author
Known as the ‘King’ of Horror, Stephen King was born in 1947 in Portland, Maine, the US, which he bases as the primary setting for many of his novels. King has published 64 novels and many short stories and non-fiction. Many of his best-selling works have been adapted into movies, TV Series, and miniseries. He graduated from the University of Maine in 1970 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in English. King has received Bram Stoker Awards, World Fantasy Awards, and British Fantasy Society Awards. In 2015, he was awarded a National Medal of Arts from the U.S. National Endowment for the Arts for his contributions to literature. Carrie, The Shining, Pet Sematary, and It are some of his most popular works.
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