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Misery
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Narrated by:
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Lindsay Crouse
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By:
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Stephen King
About this listen
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 AudioWhat listeners say about Misery
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- M. Huddlestone
- 05-07-2020
Get set for a journey inside a writers mind
a great story with a perfect blend of isolation horror and extreme fandom.
Laced with sadistic manipulation
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- Ivan Calder
- 17-05-2021
Fantastic read.
I saw the film in the 1980s and thought it was good. The book is fantastic. scary and psychologically fierce! what a page turner.
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- Amazon Customer
- 09-09-2021
Great story and narration
This story is fantastic in audiobook format and the narrator is really engaging and interesting. I finished this so fast as I couldn’t get enough - Highly enjoyed it and would recommend it!
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- Anonymous User
- 07-03-2024
Blew me away
Loved the way it was so different from the movie, as per usual I guess
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- Anonymous User
- 19-04-2024
great book ruined by bad narration.
the story itself is fantastic and thrilling but the way the narrator stops and starts constantly through the story with these random spots of music that plays to try and cover up the unintended stopping really ruins it.
really not sure how this made it through quality control.
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- Vivienne
- 15-09-2024
Some of the best narration for an Audiobook I've ever heard
Fantastic novel with brilliant narration, 10 out of 10. I highly recommend it! Read this if you loved the movie or if you love a good thriller.
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- Mick
- 04-08-2018
One of the best writers of our time
This book should be high on the list for KING fans as it came out later it is a reflection of the authors own struggles. The story is interesting and excellently constructed. Crouse’s performance is solid.
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- Craig
- 08-06-2017
A true masterpiece of writing.
One of Stephen King's best.
The story grabs you by the throat and wrestles you to the ground and doesn't let you up for air until the last sentence.
Near the end of the book I found myself pausing the audio for a while so I wouldn't finish too quickly. I didn't want it to end.
I read the paperback of this story when it came out back in the late 80's and to my great pleasure I was just as frightened for Paul Shelton now as I was back then.
The narrator does a fantastic job of telling the story and has the ability, at least with me, to completely immerse me in the story.
Make sure you listen to this book before anything else.
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- zooperhero
- 10-05-2021
Excellent book
My only con was to do with some of the music cues, which were a bit confusing occasionally. However, I think this is a consequence of translating Stephen King's narration style to audio form, where spoken dialogue and inner monologue frequently interrupt and overlap each other. This might have been better shown with two narrators, but even so, I think Lindsay Crouse did an excellent job giving each character a distinct voice.
The story itself is tense, terrifying and yet still lulls you into a kind of Stockholm syndrome (I know the term is a terrible misnomer). I highly recommend it.
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- Jared Cockayne
- 27-03-2022
Different than expected
Different than the film, in more depth of certain aspects. Performance was average mostly.
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