Title: Misery
Author: Stephen King
Publisher: Simon & Schuster, Inc
Year: 1987
351 pages
From the Back: Bestselling novelist Paul Sheldon has finally met his biggest fan. Her name is Annie Wilkes, and she is dismayed to discover Paul's plans to kill off Misery Chastain, the heroine of his beloved series. Annie is more than a rabid reader - she is Paul's nurse, tending his shattered body after an automobile accident. She is also his captor, imprisoning him in her isolated house, where no one knows he is.
Annie wants Paul to write his greatest work - just for her. She has a lot of ways to spur him on. One is a needle. Another is an axe. And then there's the blowtorch.
Personal Thoughts: This wasn't one of the better Stephen King books I've read so far. It was pretty dull and slow. There were no really tense or dark moments as there have been in previous novels. It was an easy read and didn't take me long to finish the book, but the quality that I found in previous writings just wasn't there. Perhaps it was just because I knew the story already, having seen the movie, but in a rare occurrence on my part, I would opine that the movie was better than the book.
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