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Misery
- Narrated by: Lindsay Crouse
- Length: 12 hrs and 12 mins
- Unabridged Audiobook
- Categories: Literature & Fiction, Genre Fiction
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Summary
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.
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- Daniel
- 15-07-16
Creepy, atmospheric, chilling, awesome.
I've been listening to this audiobook on cassette for a VERY long time. It's my favourite. The writing is simply excellent. Lindsay Crouse is FANTASTIC as the narrator, really bringing to life Annie's psychosis, while giving Paul a meek yet determined voice. I cannot recommend this book enough, to classic King fans, book fans, horror fans, psychological drama fans etc. Finally having this digitally is a total blessing as my cassette is more than worn out after all these years.
Final though - GET IT.
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- P. J. Bell
- 26-05-16
Scary !!! and Wonderful
A brilliantly scary story, wonderfully read by Lindsay Crouse, which using interesting themes and metaphors demonstrates a master class in writing. (Such as the tides being compared to pain)! Demonstrating Stephen Kings excellent style. There are shocking screens which make me want to see the movie and a story within the story of “misery returns”. Moreover, it really keeps the listener captivate even when our hero finally thinks he’s free.
One warning! Don’t read this if you are recovering from an illness in bed!
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- Kate & Andy Garner
- 22-01-20
Narrator ruined it
Loved the book and loved the film I was really looking forward to listening to this but the narrator was awful. She didn’t differentiate between the emotions being portrayed, for example when he first gets out of the room and you know that he is panicking and scared when she is reading it it’s as though she is reading a shopping list. This would have been so much better if it was told by a less monotone narrator.
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- Hawt
- 06-06-16
favourite author with excellent narration
a great King story, (so much better than the film), with excellent gripping narration, i usually take a while to adjust to the narrators style but this was so natural and a perfect fit to the story that it took no adjustment at all- one of the best so far. Character voices were consistent, great sound quality, and there were no obvious breaks and no speech quirks to notice. sometimes, in other stories, i got the impression the narrator had been in a different mood on different days of recording, but here the reading was as though it had been done all in one. I usually prefer longer stories, so this ended sooner than i would have liked, but thats because I miss the characters when the book ends- the length suits the story perfectly. Highly recommended.
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- Glenn Robert white
- 07-12-20
Great story.... Random music...
Great story but I wasn't a fan of the random bursts of music during narration.
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- Paul
- 05-01-17
One of the best Stephen King audiobooks
Lindsay Crouse is as excellent as Grover Gardener or Ron McLarty at capturing the tone and terror of Stephen King. Her performances as Paul Sheldon and Annie Wilkes are powerful and distinct. She makes Annie as loathsome and terrifying as Kathy Bates did in 1990.
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- Sara
- 05-08-16
One of my favourites
This was a really good listen. Adds another dimension to the whole Misery experience, as you cannot gloss over or skim the gruesome bits....as you can when reading. As always, with Stephen King, the characters are so brilliantly and believably painted.
After initial reservations about the narrator....I thought she was a little deadpan in her delivery.....this style in fact became very effective. She did a great job building up the tension.
An excellent listen. I have the written book, the film and have seen an adaptation in the theatre...hope I'm not a number one fan ☺
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- Darren
- 28-07-16
Gripping and horrific.
I had saw the movie before like so many. The book is not
Only faithful but to a Big degree better. More emotional and deeper than the movie was. I very much recommend this book to thriller lovers and King lovers alike. Even if you've saw the movie first. Like me. Trust me ! Read it ❤️
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- Ellese Atkinson
- 03-09-21
Narration was great but music was not
I really liked the narration. The narrator really felt like she was as angry or frustrated as Annie at times.
However my main issue is the music put in between parts of the story. Not only is the music irritating in general, but because I was listening alongside reading, I noticed it also cuts into parts of the story where there's no need. In quite a few parts, it was very tense and quick and then the narrator stops talking and it's either complete silence or music suddenly comes crashing into your ears and then stops after a few seconds. It really took me out of the story. Also, if you want to listen to the audiobook on a faster speed, you're left with really strange sounding music coming in at weird and random times.
Overall, I'd just scrap the music part and make it all a normal narrator recording, or only interject the music at the beginning of a new chapter because it kind of ruins the experience and I didn't think that I was the kind of person who would ever get bothered by that kind of thing.
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- Jimmy
- 09-06-16
Simply brilliant listen
This audio book makes the film look like a Disney movie! It's so much darker, scarier and brutal. A real horror classic.
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- Sarah
- 21-10-18
So gross, sometimes I wanted to puke.
I thought I would read this before watching the movie because I like to know what to expect. Now I don’t think I’ll be able to watch the movie coz this really grossed me out and scared me.
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- kiwivet
- 28-02-21
Mind Blowing
I read this book when it came out as a younger person and saw the movie. I had forgotten the details and was yet again, taken away in a tale of extreme suspense and horror. You got me again, Mr. King!
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- Geoff
- 17-05-20
Very good
Very good, I did enjoy the narrator, think she was very good actually, performance was very Kathy Bates like I thought and very good. The only annoyance really is the chime / tune to indicate a change in the action, I think people are intelligent enough not to require an indication such as that, overall not something to put one off completely, but the producers of these books can really consider getting rid of it.