When reading Stephen King’s classic novel MISERY, I found that I could not stop reading. And for me that is very hard to do, for only a few writers have the skill and ability to keep me emerged in a book. Fortunately, Stephen King is one of those writers who keeps me interested. His writing style is insightful and descriptive, and despite what people say about him, he is one of the top bestselling novelists of our time.

MISERY is a masterpiece plain and simple. There are no other words to describe his work. MISERY’s plot is simple, yet it is complex enough to keep the reader involved and interested.

MISERY begins with a car crash. Paul Sheldon(the protagonist) is a writer who has a successful series of books about a heroin called Misery. He was in Colorado finishing up on his next book, when he did so, he left his hotel in Colorado and headed for New York. He did not get far. For a blizzard occurred, and through sheer power, sent Paul’s car off the road and into the woods, turning over several times as it did so. When Paul comes to, he finds that he is in someones house. Not to shortly after, he meets his savior, she is Annie Wilkes who was a former nurse. It is because of this that she is able to nurse Paul back to health. She tells him that she’lll take him to a hospital after the snow from the blizzard is cleared. But, as the weeks go by, she never takes him there. She feeds him addictive pain killers, and it is by this she controls Paul. She also knows who he is, she knows that he is Paul Sheldon, the romance novelist. She tells him that she is his “biggest” fan.

With his identity known, she pulls out an ancient typewriter, and demands he write her a book, a book just for her, and if he doesn’t she’ll do things to him— terrible things.

MISERY is excellent read. If you ever see at a bookstore I demand that you pick it up and start reading it! It is definately worth your while. MISERY shows us our fear, then shows us how defeat it with a vengance.