Misery - Stephen King

To be honest this is the first novel that I have read by Stephen King. I have seen quite a few films that are based on his novels, so I thought I would give one a go in the end I decided on Misery. When the author Paul Sheldon decided to kill off Misery Chastain in his latest published novel, he had no idea what the terrible consequences of his actions would be. He wants to be rid of Misery and concentrate on what he believes are better stories so after finishing a draft of a new novel called "Fast Cars" Paul decides to head to California. However on the way there, his car crashes and he wakes up in a strange place and discovers that his ...  Read the complete review

We all here at DooYoo have had individual writers blocks. Sometimes this lasts for a few minutes but some time the frustration and despair lasts for hours or even possibly days. It's not just the plot a writer must think about but also how the characters will react in different situations or even simply just what to write about. Now imagine that you are trapped in a cabin far away from the rules and regulations of civilization and your world-renowned imagination and creativity is the only thing that can save you, but with a mental creative block, and your life at risk; the stakes are high and the frustration skyrockets. The plot is as follows and it ...  Read the complete review

Another great read from the master of words. This is one of the first novels I read, and it is one of the few I have felt compelled to read a second time. The story was written so well that you felt every emotion that the main character was going through. A writer, on his way home gets caught in a blizzard and suffers a crash leaving him to be found by 'his greatest fan' He thinks he is the luckiest man alive until he discovers she is one crazy lady. She keeps him locked up until he writes a story to bring back the heroine of his previous novels. To make him agree to her demands and to stop him escaping her house she smashes both his knee-caps, not very ...  Read the complete review

Stephen King's Misery is a rollercoaster ride into the darkness and torment of obsession. In this book, King takes you into Paul Sheldon's hell, the home of his tormentor and obsessed fan, Anne Wilkes. He is brought he one winter evening after an auto accident, and Anne discovers his wrecked car and decides to help. I can remember the epigraph for part I of this book, the quote by Fredrich Nietzsche "When you look into the abyss, the abyss also looks into you." Because the abyss is where Paul has fallen. I liked this book, because it was both a romance, and a psycho-thriller. We see the relationship between Paul and Annie evolve. She is not ...  Read the complete review

Another of Steven Kings classics, which has since been turned into a major movie. The book is a really good read, briefly about a writer who is travelling to get the final part of his novels published and then is stopping writing them, the night he travels is really bad weather, a snowstorm, blizzard conditions, he has an accident and is severly injured in the mountains where it is very isolated, he is knocked unconcussion, when he comes round he is relieved that he is still alive and thinks he is in hospital at first, however, he finds that he has been rescued by his most devoted fan!, she lives alone in the mountains and never gets visitors. The writer soon learns ...  Read the complete review