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Sunday 28 February 2016

Misery by Stephen King



This is definitely one of my favourite books from King. It is cruelsome and disgusting but it is also gripping and it truly sucks you in. I read the last 70 pages half asleep in one go because I just couldn't put it down.
The plot centers around two very different people. Author Paul Sheldon who gets into a car crash and wakes up in an unknown place. He was "rescued" by his number one fan Annie Wilkes, ex-nurse. He soon discovers how truly sick mind Annie has and how little changes he has of escaping. Annie forces Paul to write her a very own book about her favourite character, Misery,  a journey that won't be easy or forgettable.
The book was also made to a movie where Kathy Bates plays a very believable number 1 fan, Annie. James Caan as Paul is close but to me Bates truly steals the movie.
You can't help but root for Paul while feeling hopeless during the book. Just when you think something is going well, Annie is there to cut off your wings. And bodyparts, literally.
I will come back to this book every now and then, just hopefully I'll find a better copy of it than my half broken book with ripped off pages.