Misery

Name: Serina

Grade: College

Title: Misery

Author: Stephen King

"I'm your biggest fan," was the first thing Paul Sheldon heard after waking up in an unfamiliar room. His female caretaker, Annie Wilkes, informs him that she found him near her home after he had had a car accident, had pulled him from his vehicle, and had brought him to her home. She then tells him once more that she is his biggest fan, referring to his award winning romance series with a female lead named misery. At first he is touched by her sacrifice and admiration for him, but soon he starts to question Annie's charity. For instance, since his legs were broken so badly during the wreck, why had she not taken him to the hospital or at least called them? At his questioning, Annie flies into a rage and smashes a bowl she had been feeding him soup out of. Apparently she has an unstable temper that Paul will see the worst of in his state of immobility. Things get even worse when Annie reads his final novel in which he had killed off his character Misery. She goes on a violent rampage and demands that he write a new book in which Misery comes back to life, or he will never leave her secluded farm house alive. Kept as a prisoner, Paul has no choice but to write for his deranged fan. And as time passes and chapters pile up, he is beginning to suspect that he will not live even if he does finish the book; he will not leave Annie's home. At least, not with all his limbs intact.

This book was suspenseful, horrifying, and sometimes downright cringe inducing. The things Paul suffers at Annie's hands are as grotesque as Annie's character is.

I picked this book up because I am trying to read everything by Stephen King.

I finished this book because I had to know if Paul lived or not.

I'd give this book to any Stephen King fan or to anyone who plans to become a writer. You never know, there could be a fan like Annie Wilkes in your future.

**** Really liked it!