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will love Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. Agonizing to read. Amazingly well written for the ouch-factor. I loved this book. Much better than the movie. 4 out of 5 bipolar lunatic nurses that cut off people's thumbs. ( )One of his most famous, and creepiest. Misery is a tale of isolation, loneliness and a sad woman who believes a writer creates tales just for him. Imagine her luck when he wrecks just outside of her town. Imagine her dismay when she discovers he's killed off her favorite character.My body hurts just thinking about it. As with many of King's works, I find his books that deal with real people to be far scarier and more entertaining than the books that involve supernatural (and many times silly) monsters and beings. Gerald's Game, Dolores Claiborne, The Shining, Misery are terrifying without being ridiculous. A terrific book...one of his best. And a great film, with an oustanding performance by Kathy Bates. 0.053 seconds to build listing
Amazon.com Amazon.com Audio Review (ISBN 0451153553, Paperback)If Misery loves company, it's found a friend in Academy Award nominee Lindsay Crouse (The Verdict, Places in the Heart). King's ghoulish tale of psychotic "number one fan" Annie Wilkes holding her favorite author, Paul Sheldon, prisoner, unfolds in perfect pitch. Crouse switches from Sheldon to Wilkes (think Kathy Bates) to narrator with smooth, flawless transitions, making the unabridged, 12-hour reading of a writer's hell a listener's paradise. (Running time: 12 hours, eight cassettes)(retrieved from Amazon Fri, 24 Apr 2009 07:58:12 -0400) The first test round has been closed. Visit the Open Shelves Classification group for details. |
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