Just finished!

[yankeesboi87]

I just finished Misery last night, and I gotta say, this is one of my favorites. Amazing!! It kept me on the edge of my seat and wanting more. I loved it! My favorite part was when she cut off his foot. It was freaky, and awesome at the same time. What was everyone else's favorite part?

[JosephDurham]

The ending. The way you think that it will all come down, and what you know if you have seen the movie. . . . they are both great, but the books just leaves you speechless.

[Leland]

The ending was my best bit too. I prefer the book to the film.

[Book_Junkie]

I think probably the ending. The bit where she sawed his foot off actually had me reading through my fingers. It's very rare that a book creeps me out that much.

[yankeesboi87]

I think probably the ending. The bit where she sawed his foot off actually had me reading through my fingers. It's very rare that a book creeps me out that much.

Yeah, sometimes I wonder why I read this stuff... It sure is kinda creepy... For some reason I love it!

[inspired-writer,tyler]

The foot thing is something that I always bring up when describing the difference in the book and movie. As you said amazingly freaky.

[doowopgirl]

I loved when he burned the pages in front of her and she went berserk. Kept seeing her coming. Have you seen the film with James Caan and Kathy Bates? It's a cracker!

[yankeesboi87]

I loved when he burned the pages in front of her and she went berserk. Kept seeing her coming. Have you seen the film with James Caan and Kathy Bates? It's a cracker!

Yes, I have seen most of it, on TV, but not the beginning hour or so of it. And yes, the page burning was a good part. Also, when Paul goes to get the pills when Annie is out, that kept me on the edge wondering when she was coming back, and if she was going to catch him... King sue does know how to tell a story.

[Seb Shaw]

Never has a book got me to the edge of seat before. This was the 1st SK book i read it alst year. stunning! the part where he tries to get the pills, OMG and the bit where the cops arrive!
The film is just as good, but needed to be more grusome lime the book :D

[celia]

I´ve a got a doubt, in the spanish translation she cuts the foot off, but in the movie she smashes it with a hammer, what´s the original stuff???, I´ve got an English friend who says that she smashes it too in the English version :S.

[blunthead]

I love Misery, the novel (as well as the movie). My favorite part of the novel is due to the hilarity I experience when Sheldon is trying to write the compelled Misery sequel and the typewriter keeps throwing letters; as well as the description of the imposed story itself, because I enjoy sK's description of his protagonists' dreams, daydreams, imaginations, invoked creative wanderings.

[Jojo87]

The ending was best part in the book. I read this 3 years ago and planned to re-read Misery soon. Because it was a great book.

[GNTLGNT]

For my big old self, it's when Paul is taking his "trip" outside the room while Annie is gone. Man, that one even made me sweat!

[rjt65]

yankees boy!! egads are u the 3rd Yankee fan i ma the residnet yankee defiant fan ! welcome!!!

i loved the whole book--- the torture is sick!!! hearing him try to do things and her coming home---gr8 stuff!

[Mookie]

I´ve a got a doubt, in the spanish translation she cuts the foot off, but in the movie she smashes it with a hammer, what´s the original stuff???, I´ve got an English friend who says that she smashes it too in the English version :S.

Ironically I came here this morning to post my shock at reading where[SPOILER]Annie Wilkes does not simply hobble P. Sheldon, she cuts off his feet at the ankles!/SPOILER] I was cringing in my seat reading that part!:grinning:

[Mookie]

Ironically I came here this morning to post my shock at reading where[SPOILER]Annie Wilkes does not simply hobble P. Sheldon, she cuts off his feet at the ankles!/SPOILER] I was cringing in my seat reading that part!:grinning:

correctionShe cuts off one foot and cauterizes it with a propane torch! And oh, the thumb.. the THUMB! I will never look at an electric knife the same again But, that's the point isn't it? Great book and as always, so much better than the movie.

[randallFlaggfan1]

correctionShe cuts off one foot and cauterizes it with a propane torch! And oh, the thumb.. the THUMB! I will never look at an electric knife the same again But, that's the point isn't it? Great book and as always, so much better than the movie.

It's great to know that you finished Misery, Mookie! And you're right: the novel is always better, although I do love Cathy Bates portrayal of Annie Wilkes. And Dolores Claiborne, for that matter. :wow:

[Pucker]

Misery will always have a special place in my heart. It was the first King novel I ever read. It was given to me by a friend of mine who was no great reader, but had taken up the habit after breaking both of his legs in an industrial accident and being bedridden for months. I think it may have taken me two or three days to finish it, and all I could think of was my friend, laid up in bed with two broken legs reading THIS !?! Well, needless to say, I began devouring any and all of Mr. King's work I could get my hands on and now, twenty-odd years later (and they have been odd years) I find myself still unsated. What I always flash on when I think of Misery is the way Paul would think of his pain (and his medication) in terms of the tide going in and out. That, and Annie flying into a rage about the coackadoodie cliffhangers.

[Percys Wet Trousers]

I just finished it last night too! (Although im certain it was a different night to you :P) I read the last 100 pages or so real fast and all in one sitting it was that good. One of the freakiest parts to me was when Annie found out the hairs she put down outside Pauls room had been broken, including the ones upstairs where poor old Paul couldn't get. Instantly this begged the question (to me anyway) was there anything/anyone in the house besides Paul and Annie and that creeped me out like hell. Paul all alone, confined to that room and something creeping about upstairs while Annies away.... But it turned out to be nothing :(

[keganbigger]

This was actually the first Stephen King novel I've read. Now because of it I don't want to read anything except him!
I loved the climax when he burned the pages and choked her with them. That was brilliant! At first I thought it was ridiculous that she was still alive, but when I read the last page, I understood King's reasoning behind it: she did eventually die in the barn later, but Paul never knew that. So he spent the rest of his life panicked that she was coming for him. Loved how he ended it! Perfect!

[Inspector Karamazov]

I read this in two days. It's by far the most terrifying thing I've ever read. As a writer myself, it's the scariest thing that could ever happen. Not only is Paul locked in a room, he's boxed into writing something he'd wanted so long to be free of, not to mention having to manually burn his serious work, the one he really liked.

The part with the thumb made me squirm a bit and wonder how the hell anyone could write that. It was damn scary.

But now it's one of my favourite books. It was the good kind of terrifying.

[Anna Rose]

i love when she introduces misery! (piggy)

[CaptainBaccarat]

I finished this book last week. It is one of the best books I've ever read. Annie Wilkes is a legendary heel, and Mr. King's use of that character is masterful. I honestly didn't know what was coming from one page to the next. As unsettling and unpleasant as this novel can be, it is one of my better reading experiences. Even if you have seen the movie, don't miss out on the book. I love the movie, but the book is so much better.