Gerald's Game - Stephen King

According to the publishers blurb on the book jacket, this book is " ... a masterpiece of terror and suspense that shows a brilliant new facet of Stephen King's dark genius". Gerald and his wife Jessie are a middle aged couple who try to add spice to their married life by trying a little bondage.However, at the heat of their passion, with Jessie securely handcuffed to the bed post, Gerald succumbs to a fatal coronary. (I'm not spoiling the plot here - that's disclosed in the notes on the book jacket.) The remainder of the book deals with Jessie's attempts to escape her predicament. Whilst detailing all the physical effects of ...

I found this is one of the most fear provoking King books on the market because most of the story could happen to anyone (Well if your in to wearing handcuffs at your remote holiday cottage it could!!) How may times have you been in a situation where, if the person you were with died on the spot you would be trapped and alone? This is what happens with Jessie. Jessie is married to Gerald, an overbearing slob who enjoys handcuffing her to the bed during sex. This is his "game,"this is "Gerald’s Game." They are at a remote cabin when he suddenly drops dead from a heart attack, leaving Jessie handcuffed ...

"Geralds Game" is a psychological thriller by the king of horror, Stephen King. The plot is about Jessie and Gerald who in hope to spice up their sex life, play role playing games where Gerald handcuffs his wife to the bed and in a very dominating, and quite violent way, he "forces" her to have sex. They escape to a remote cottage to "play" in private, but in the heat of the moment Jessie realises that she doesn't want to play, she finds it embarrassing and only fulfils her role to please him. Only he wont stop, maybe he thinks it is part of the game, maybe not. But as Jessie struggles and pleads for him to stop, it only adds ...