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Misery by Stephen King is a novel about pain, obsession, and writing. Paul Sheldon, the stories protagonist, is 42. He is a celebrity writer, twice married and divorced, drinker and smoker, and he is in a lot of trouble. So much trouble. "umber whunnnn yerrrnnn umber whunnnn fayunnnn These sounds: even in the haze." Even through the haze of drugs and pain, he knew something was off; something was wrong. There was pain, so much of it. "The pain was somewhere below the sounds. The pain was east of
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Nov 17, 2012
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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
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
The best book by King!
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