Misery, c'est le nom de l'héroïne populaire qui a rapporté des millions de dollars au romancier Paul Sheldon. Après quoi il en a eu assez : il a fait mourir Misery pour écrire enfin le « vrai » roman dont il rêvait.
Et puis il a suffi de quelques verres de trop et d'une route enneigée, dans un coin perdu... Lorsqu'il reprend conscience, il est allongé sur un lit, les jambes broyées dans l'accident. Sauvé par une femme, Annie. Une admiratrice fervente. Qui ne lui pardonne pas d'avoir tué Misery. Et le supplice va commencer.
Sans monstres ni fantômes, un Stephen King au sommet de sa puissance nous enferme ici dans le plus terrifiant huis clos qu'on puisse imaginer.
Source: http://www.livredepoche.com/misery-stephen-king-9782253151371
Reading Misery was a rollercoaster of cringing and discomfort. It is an amazingly well-written book. The pace is slow, but that only adds to the tension. The writing is deliberate and careful. The blurb on the cover says this is King at his best, and I'm inclined to agree. There's no unnecessary detail and idle chatter - every object in this story, every word spoken is agonizingly deliberate. Everything adds to the possibilities. Everything adds to the tension. It's fantastic.
Paul Sheldon is kidnapped by his Number One Fan, Annie Wilkes, who both nurses him back to health and breaks him more. She forces him to resurrect her favorite book character and write her a sequel. The story is Paul's only escape and he walks a tightrope of trying to please her so she won't hurt him, and trying to plot an escape. Because of his imagination, Paul is a slightly unreliable narrator. He makes you doubt the horrifying realities and keep flipping pages, hoping that the unspeakable hadn't really happened.
This was a book I couldn't put down. I didn't enjoy it in usual sense - but I did enjoy it for the way it wrapped me up. It's an incredible psychological thriller, and should be read by any fan of King's work or the genre.
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