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The number one New York Times best seller about a famous novelist held hostage in a remote location by his “number one fan.” One of “Stephen King’s best…genuinely scary” (USA Today).
Best-selling novelist Paul Sheldon thinks he’s finally free of Misery Chastain. In a controversial career move, he’s just killed off the popular protagonist of his beloved romance series in favor of expanding his creative horizons. But such a change doesn’t come without consequences. After a near-fatal car accident in rural Colorado leaves his body broken, Paul finds himself at the mercy of the terrifying rescuer who’s nursing him back to health – his self-proclaimed number one fan, Annie Wilkes.
Annie is very upset over what Paul did to Misery and demands that he find a way to bring her back by writing a new novel – his best yet, and one that’s all for her. After all, Paul has all the time in the world to do so as a prisoner in her isolated house…and Annie has some very persuasive and violent methods to get exactly what she wants…
“King at his best…a winner!” (The New York Times)
“Unadulteratedly terrifying…frightening.” (Publishers Weekly)
“Classic King…full of twists and turns and mounting suspense.” (The Boston Globe)
Antonio –
Thrilling
While the book features only two characters and one location, there was never a point it felt repetitive or boring (even though it takes a bit to gain momentum), with the setting allowing King to deeply explore the personality, emotions, and motives of the two characters, enriching a plot that would have been otherwise dull and unoriginal. Two were the things I most liked about the book: the first is the portrayal of Annie and her disturbing personality, with those unsettling alternation between moments of almost clueless sweetness and moments of ravaging murderousness; the second was the exploration of Paul’s character as a writer (in which I strongly believe King infused much of himself), and the way he tries to cope psychologically with seclusion and torture.Last but not least, the ending was fair and fitting: in my opinion one of the best out of King’s books I’ve read (which is something considering his ability to smear good stories with mediocre finales!)
Virginia Merlini –
TOO GOOD NOT TO READ TWICE!
One of King’s best tales! I love reading every word he writes! Misery is a true page turner! Love it!
Cliente Kindle –
Suspance and horror
Bellissima prosa, ricca e vivida. Ti fa vedere le scene, come a teatro. A volte eccede nel macabro. Ma resta cmq indimenticabile.
Bart –
Forse il migliore di King finora
Libro strepitoso, ma effettivamente lo dico di ogni libro di King man mano che li leggo. Anche per Shining e per It avevo pensato che fossero i migliori in assoluto… eppure anche dopo aver letto Misery si rimane a bocca aperta per la maestria nel farci vivere quest’angosciante situazione da dentro la testa del protagonista, senza mai cambiare il punto di vista.Se amate le atmosfere piene di ansia e paura dell’inaspettato… non potete perdervelo! Un Must!
GerardoF –
Edizione Kindle perfetta
Tralascio i giudizi sull’opera in quanto tale, sarebbero superflui. L’edizione Kindle originale americana è perfetta, senza evidenti errori ortografici e con un’ottima resa grafica degli spezzoni del libro “Misery’s Return”, diversi a seconda di come sono stati scritti dal personaggio Paul Sheldon.
Valerio Pastore –
Quando il tuo lavoro diventa il tuo incubo
Quando si dice ‘fan tossici’, ykes!Uno stage teatrale, una location isolata senza via di scampo, il persecutore e la vittima, in un morboso triangolo tra un fan, il creatore, e la creazione. Stephen King esorcizza parecchi demoni interiori con questo lavoro! Scrivere come forma di sopravvivenza e come atto d’amore e di odio verso la propria creazione migliore, un demone maligno che ha la forma di una fan pazza, quasi soprannaturale nella propria determinazione di tenere aperta la sua amata saga, al punto da fare scoccare la scintilla creativa.E’ ancora un romanzo potente, che vanta uno dei migliori adattamenti con una Kathy Bates in stato di grazia.
Alex Borghi –
Fantastic thriller full of suspance
A writer has a car accident and he is rescued by a mad nurse, that she is the number one fan of the writer. Annie (the nurse name) forces the writer to write a novel about the writer most famous character “Misery”.Curiosity: The writer starts to write the Misery novel on an old type writer withe a missing “n” and in the book all the n’s are written in another font that looks like hand writing
Eleonora –
meraviglioso!
Un libro duro, claustrofobico, spaventoso. Consigliato a chi è già un fan del Re e anche a chi gli si avvicina per la prima volta. Esula dall’horror classico, essendo più un thriller, ma è in perfetto stile King.
Dale Zang –
good book
Ricardo GarcÃa Mainou –
El libro es excelente y llegó en muy buen estado. Lamentablemente las fotos del producto lo enseñan como un ejemplar firmado y por lo tanto de colección. No viene firmado. No hay valor añadido a poseer una de las mejores novelas de King.
Justme –
Mr. King deserves every million on his bank account. After IT and Shining this is an all-time classic I will read again and again and again. This man sure knows how to write.
Anya –
Such a well written book! The character development and story are incredible.
Colin Hayes –
Misery was written by Stephen King in response to the reaction of some fans when he wrote a book that didn’t have any of the horror elements that had made him famous.In many of his books King can have a vast array of characters but in Misery for most of the book it’s a two hander between writer Paul Sheldon and his “number one fan” Annie Wilkes. Paul is a writer of romance novels and when he is involved in a car accident he’s rescued by Annie who has has very set ideas about what he should be writing and she’s not impressed with his latest offering.It’s a great thriller and it shows that Stephen King can sustain a novel with just two main characters as well as a large cast. Anyone who’s had a glimpse of any sort of fandom whether it’s that of a writer like King or a TV or movie franchise will have met Annie Wilkes or a version of her. People who not only don’t like the latest offering of the writer/TV series/ Film but who think they know better than the writer what they should have delivered. These uber fans can be a bit scary although admittedly Annie Wilkes takes it to extremes.As a fan of a number of things myself I think the most healthy way to look at it is to realise how preposterous it really is to be a fan, it’s really not normal behaviour. No doubt my obsessions will continue but hopefully I’ll not take myself too seriously to the extent that I become the next Annie Wilkes.Misery was a throughly enjoyable book with a pleasing ending. It shows that the horror in many of Stephen King’s books isn’t necessarily based on supernatural elements but on what people can do to one a other. That’s far more scary and sadly it’s based more in reality than I wish was true.