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Misery

By: Stephen King
Narrated by: Lindsay Crouse
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Misery Chastain was dead. Paul Sheldon had just killed her - with relief, with joy. Misery had made him rich; she was the heroine of a string of best sellers. And now he wanted to get on to some real writing.

That's when the car accident happened, and he woke up in pain in a strange bed. But it wasn't the hospital.

Annie Wilkes had pulled him from the wreck, brought him to her remote mountain home, splinted and set his mangled legs. The good news was that Annie was a nurse and had painkilling drugs. The bad news was that she was Paul's Number One Fan. And when she found out what Paul had done to Misery, she didn't like it. She didn't like it at all. And now he had to bring Misery back to life. Or else....

©1986 Stephen King (P)1992 Penguin Highbridge Audio Contemporary Fiction Genre Fiction Fiction Scary

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A tense tale, that is so wonderfully sinister. It is absolutely fantastic, I enjoyed it immensely.

A brilliant story!

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had me on the edge of my seat narration was excellent never once was I bored

great narration and of course another king classic

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The best book I have ever listened to, the narrator voiced each character very well. The story keeps you on the edge of your seat, you feel like you're there with Paul; a writer kidnapped by a psychopathic fan.

Amazing Book, Amazing Audio Book

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Really great! Fantastic in every way!
It got so tense that I had to stop myself from looking up the plot to find spoilers!

I would recommend this to anyone who's new to Stephen King!

Loved it!

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Never in my life have I hated a character more than I hate Annie Wilkes. This was such a good book, I couldn't stop until I knew the end. If you love Stephen King, you will love this

Be ready to hate a fictional character

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love it, so wonderfully read and executed. would recommend to anyone. Have read other Stephen King which I'd not enjoyed however this was outstanding.

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This is one of the best narration that I have ever listened to. Really makes the story come alive.

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The suspense and gorey imagery you expect when reading stephen king definite gotta read all over it by the narrator who truly emodied the ferver and insanity of annie wilks (not sure if thats a compliment or not) but truly mad as she read it i couldn't stop listening classic horror!

Classic king

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I really enjoyed misery, the narrator was very good and made it very easy to understand, would highly recommend

Very enjoyable book

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Reading briefly through other reviews I am somewhat at a loss to understand how the performance of this SK masterpiece can be faulted. For me, it was a virtuoso performance par excellence! Annie Wills literally came alive in this narration with a fearsomely convincing range of that character’s psychological shifts. Her rages and tantrums, blank-outs and weird moments if tenderness were all juxtaposed brilliantly. The book itself us one of King’s best in my opinion so in summary, this was one of the best listens I’ve ever enjoyed with Audible!
A huge recommend!

Outstanding in every way!

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