From the book jacket:
Paul Sheldon, author of a bestselling series of historical romances, wakes up one winter day in a strange place, a secluded farmhouse in Colorado. He wakes up to unspeakable pain (a dislocated pelvis, a crushed knee, two shattered legs) and to a bizarre greeting from the woman who has saved his life: "I'm your number one fan!"
Annie Wilkes is a huge ex-nurse, handy with controlled substances and other instruments of abuse, including an axe and a blowtorch. A dangerous psychotic with a Romper Room sense of good and bad, fair and unfair, Annie Wilkes may be Stephen King's most terrifying creation. It's not fair, for example, that her favorite character in the world, Misery Chastain, has been killed by her creator, as Annie discovers, when Paul's latest novel comes out in paperback. And it's not good that her favorite writer has been a Don't-Bee and written a different kind of novel, a nasty novel, the novel he has always wanted to write, the only copy of which now lies in Annie's angry hands.
Because she wants Paul Sheldon to be a Do-Bee, she buys him a typewriter and a ream of paper and tells him to bring Misery back to life. Wheelchair-bound, drug-dependent, locked in his room, Paul doesn't have much choice. He's an entertainer held captive by his audience. A writer in serious trouble. But writers have weapons too...
Moe's Review
One of King's best works as far as I am concerned. The tension level in this book is off the charts. One aspect I really love about this book is that there is no supernatural element, the horror is pure human which, in a way, makes it all the more terrifying.
There is one aspect of the book that I am not a huge fan of and that is the story inside the story. The first time I read the book, I read it but the second time I read the book I just skimmed those sections. The story within the story is crucial to the book though, I just prefer the meat of the story.
This is one book that you just have to read, even if you aren't a big King fan you will probably like this one. |
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