MISERY (REISSUE) Paperback – 7 July 2011

This is the story of a psychotic fan Annie Wilkes and her maddom in her horror castle where she’s held the famous Paul Sheldon, her favorite author, captive, but he’s more like a slave-turned-victim of her depression-induced insanity.Paul has killed Misery, the protagonist of his best-selling novel and Annie didn’t like it at all. The price she is going to make him pay, is one he can has never imagined, and before long, Paul will wish he hadn’t created Misery Chastain at all.The plot is thick with wickedness and cruelty, and there are times you flinch from the atrocities of the ruthless psycho captor, Annie. It is easy to see how someone would go to any extent to get something they truly love; in this case, it is the brining back to life the protagonist of Sheldon’s novel – Misery Chastain.This book is one big misery that drags the reader into a whirlpool of fear-led pity for Sheldon, and teeth-grinding hatred for Annie. It is astonishing to follow how despite being a nurse, Annie is bereft of compassion and quick at turning her anger into nerve-chilling violence. While Paul is caught in her jaws desperate for an escape, Annie will leave no room for rescue attempts and quite efficiently wipes off every roadblock in her way; including cops.Fooling oneself is much easier than accepting the bitter truth, and Paul does get antsy for crossing that fatal line in Anna’s coup several times causing him to lose his feet; in one instance. That particular event was quite heartbreaking as even though the misery of everyone’s life in the story starts to ebb, you know the disappointment is here to stay.The other side of the coin is the novel Paul is writing for Annie, his ‘NUMBER ONE FAN’. Now those parts are actually really good as King has sprinkled some novel-writing tips and facts that’s a godsend for every living writer. It also consists of many quotes that will motivate writers to keep pursuing the passion. I know I benefitted much from them. And so will any aspiring writer learning the art.This book is unlike anything you’ve read from King yet. Obviously the writing is impeccable. The plot is flawless. And even if this isn’t horror upfront, boy, you tell me if Annie Wilkes doesn’t scare you in the dark. She is the kind of character who takes more credit than is due, and dominates your mind like a nightmare you’ll want to forget.I realise I’m all praises for this book, but let me not forget to tell that there were parts that felt irrelevant like some of Paul’s introspective narrations, dragging the reader into his past. I had to skim through those because all I wanted was to be at the heart of the actual story.In the end, it is hard to believe what a person is capable of doing; whether it is about survival or ending it all. And both Annie and Paul are in a tug of war, where no matter which side wins, it is a catastrophe leading to a million miseries.Finally, Misery is a classic King novel with its crazy twists and turns that are loaded with anxieties turned into disappointments, admiration turned into obsession, intelligence turned into savagery, and everything amalgamating perfectly to give you a story that will rock your core.Have you read ‘Misery’? How did you like it? Share your thoughts in comments below.

Nice copy

This book was a really awesome ride and was getting a little gory at the end if u have read the story. I could feel for the protagonist so much. I'm planning on getting more Stephen King books! Definitely recommend it!

If you're a Stephen King fan you must've already heard the name Misery, it's considered one of his best works and having read it now, I can agree that it indeed is.The book is excellently paced and doesn't over-or-under-stay it's welcome. The book has two primary characters and both of them are very well written and combined with the twists, keep you hooked on the story.The book was received in an excellent condition and if you're looking for a good horror/psychological thriller don't look further as this is an apt fit.

Kings words

God those vivid descriptions and the psycotic nurse.Go for it if you are an aader thriller reader. Freaked me out.

Book was not damaged it's in good condition, it's my first king's book let's see how I'll like it

🚗🏠🧑‍🦽 Misery 🧑‍🦽🏠🚗Cruelty, after all, was understandable.With insanity, however, there was no arguing.Paul Sheldon. He's a bestselling novelist who has finally met his biggest fan. Her name is Annie Wilkes and she is more than a rabid reader - she is Paul's nurse, tending his shattered body after an automobile accident. But she is also his captor, keeping him prisoner in her isolated house.Most people adore their fans and you would too unless you had one like Annie Wilkes - a psychopath fan who will cross all the limits so that you remain a puppet to her wishes.Since I had already watched the movie adaptation of this book a long time ago, I was a but hesitant to read this book, why? Because I thought I already know the ending and the whole story. But boy I was wrong!!This book is beyond a typical Stephen King novel, the movie was nothing in comparison to the book, I am saying nothing, not even 10 percent of the book. Misery is a novel which will go beyond everything you have read till date, what goes inside the mind of a writer, what difficulties he/she faces just because of creating a character everyone loves in the society and the fact that writers can't even decide how to provide that particular character a closure by providing an appropriate end to it because it will break the hearts of the fans was alongwith many other things thought provoking.The character development is insane, a writer who is trying to run away from his creation, is an alcoholic and smoker turns into a much more deep and complex character by the end. He accepted things that were happening to him and couldn't be altered unless he took matter in his own hands, although he took a lot of time in that. Annie Wilkes was a character who thought herself to be unbeatable, she did things to Paul which will give you terror and maybe few nightmares too, she was considered to be a goddess by Paul, he knew her story was one in which Paul had to handle its closure so he built his character day by day and worked on himself by pretending to be a good captive. He built his strength, strategized and failed again and again, lost a part of himself, felt crippled but never gave up.If you are in for a ride and want to learn more about how the life of a writer goes, you have to read this one. Misery is probably one of my best reads of this year.

good book

El libro es excelente y llegó en muy buen estado. Lamentablemente las fotos del producto lo enseñan como un ejemplar firmado y por lo tanto de colección. No viene firmado. No hay valor añadido a poseer una de las mejores novelas de King.

Mr. King deserves every million on his bank account. After IT and Shining this is an all-time classic I will read again and again and again. This man sure knows how to write.

Such a well written book! The character development and story are incredible.

Misery was written by Stephen King in response to the reaction of some fans when he wrote a book that didn't have any of the horror elements that had made him famous.In many of his books King can have a vast array of characters but in Misery for most of the book it's a two hander between writer Paul Sheldon and his "number one fan" Annie Wilkes. Paul is a writer of romance novels and when he is involved in a car accident he's rescued by Annie who has has very set ideas about what he should be writing and she's not impressed with his latest offering.It's a great thriller and it shows that Stephen King can sustain a novel with just two main characters as well as a large cast. Anyone who's had a glimpse of any sort of fandom whether it's that of a writer like King or a TV or movie franchise will have met Annie Wilkes or a version of her. People who not only don't like the latest offering of the writer/TV series/ Film but who think they know better than the writer what they should have delivered. These uber fans can be a bit scary although admittedly Annie Wilkes takes it to extremes.As a fan of a number of things myself I think the most healthy way to look at it is to realise how preposterous it really is to be a fan, it's really not normal behaviour. No doubt my obsessions will continue but hopefully I'll not take myself too seriously to the extent that I become the next Annie Wilkes.Misery was a throughly enjoyable book with a pleasing ending. It shows that the horror in many of Stephen King's books isn't necessarily based on supernatural elements but on what people can do to one a other. That's far more scary and sadly it's based more in reality than I wish was true.