Misery

Stephen King's best book and there isn't even anything supernatural in it. ( )

As far as quality of writing and minimal dull meandering this is better than much of what I've read of his before but it has enough issues for me that 2 stars is the best I can do.

Bookending the action of the book with references to metaphorical rape was unpleasant (not in a horrifying/tension escalating way, just in a "Ugh, really, do I have to read this?" kind of way), the crude ethnic stereotypes employed in the excepts of Misery's Return were entirely unnecessary (and makes me wonder whether, following King's portrayal of people of colour in other works, that he just likes writing stuff like that and uses the framing of the narrative as an excuse).

We are spared the usual titillating fixation on the appearance, movement and feel of female breasts only because the female lead is intended to be repulsive although he still can't avoid commenting on the size of her bust and making us think about what sort of "orifices" she might have. Probably the regulation issue, Stephen, but sure let's hear about how she's fibrous and solid some more.

Most of the book is okay but really I'm done with King at this point, life's too short. ( )

Good, Good ( )

I mean... sure. I'm trying to catch up on the King I never got around to and I'm starting to kind of see why the ones I never read were left in the dust. This one was fine, a little interesting from the perspective that we get more interiority than a lot of other King-styled novelist protagonists. I think as a character Annie maybe deserves more than we ever get from her in this novel which might be a weird thing to say but... here we are. ( )

7,8/10
- tem umas partes que a leitura fica MUITO chata/cansativa e depois fica MUITO interessante
- escrita densa
- tem algumas partes extremamente desconfortáveis de ler, mas é o objetivo ( )