Stephen King’s Misery is one of the greatest books that I have ever read. The book is simultaneously a psychological thriller, and a horror story. King created this fictional story in 1987. In the book, author Paul Sheldon gets into a car accident and is rescued by his “number one fan”, Annie Wilkes. Annie has all of Paul’s books and her favorites are the Misery series. After rescuing Paul, Annie decides to nurse him back to health in her secluded house. She lives in the middle of nowhere and is out of touch with society. Annie used to be a nurse at the hospital, so when she found Paul she took care of the author and his fragile body. She would give him his medicine and help him return to the state he was in before the wreck. Annie finds out that Paul had killed the heroine in his newest book, Misery Chastain. She finds a way to help him bring Misery back by writing another book, Misery’s Return. She has a bunch of ways to motivate his writing, including a needle, an axe, and a blowtorch. Not only is Annie Wilkes Paul’s nurse, she is also his captor. Paul is imprisoned in her secluded house until her book is finished. This book was a very entertaining and memorable read. The suspense, the violence, the storytelling made this book amazing. This book is a great representation of addiction. Paul is very dependent on Annie for taking care of him. Throughout the book, Paul becomes addicted to the painkiller, Norvil, that Annie was giving him. This addiction got very serious and contributed to Paul burning his manuscript for his newest book, Fast Cars. He loved that book and thought it was going to be his best seller, but he never got the chance to publish it before it burned. Paul was getting tortured during his time at Annie’s house, his imprisonment there was driving him insane. This book demonstrates the effects that entrapment and torture can have on a victim. The torture messed with his mind and it affected his life after he left. After Paul’s time at Annie’s cabin being isolated and threatened, he always feels like Annie is there lurking in the shadows. I admired King’s creativity with how he painstakingly described the methods Annie used to “try and help” Paul recover. I would recommend this book to people who like horror and thriller books. There are some parts that are frightening and it can be gory, but overall this book was a really entertaining story and I hope that others agree.
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