Misery Prebound - 2017
by Stephen King
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Readers broadly praised Misery as a taut, psychologically driven thriller that trades the supernatural for a sustained, claustrophobic focus on two sharply drawn characters. Annie Wilkes was repeatedly singled out as a plausibly terrifying, unforgettable antagonist, and many felt the confined setting amplified tension. The pacing was seen as slow to start but gripping in the latter half, with an ending often deemed stronger than King’s usual. Opinions split over the book-within-a-book inserts and some found the prose repetitive; a minority criticized misogynistic tones, slur usage, and gratuitous gore. The audiobook narration by Lindsay Crouse earned notable acclaim.
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- Title Misery
- Author Stephen King
- Binding Prebound
- Edition Library
- Pages 432
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Turtleback Books
- Publication date 2017
- ISBN 9780606395687 / 0606395687
- Weight 0.66 lbs (0.30 kg)
- Dimensions 7.4 x 4.1 x 1.1 in (18.80 x 10.41 x 2.79 cm)
- Reading level 860
- Category Fiction - Espionage / Thriller
- Library of Congress subjects Horror fiction, Psychological fiction
- Dewey Decimal Code FIC
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