mass market paperback, 338 pages
English language
Published June 19, 1988 by New American Library.
Paul Sheldon. He's a bestselling novelist who has finally met his biggest fan. Her name is Annie Wilkes and she is more than a rabid reader—she is Paul's nurse, tending his shattered body after an automobile accident. But she is also his captor, keeping him prisoner in her isolated house. Now Annie wants Paul to write his greatest work—just for her. She has lots of ways to spur him on. One is a needle. Another is an ax. And if they don't work, she can get really nasty...
-from the back cover
I don't like Stephen King. I just don't.
I also do not like thrillers. I don't see the appeal. I think no one enjoys reading torture scenes, so why actually do people read these books? Is it so shocking??? Why do you like that feeling?
I am really disgusted, but I don't like feeling disgusted. Shall I feel empathy? For the victim or the torturer? Is there a moral? See all these question marks.
I found a beat-up paperback copy of Misery on the pavement, a few blocks from my old apartment, read it and put it back on the street. Highly recommend reading it this way.
