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Misery

By: Stephen King
Narrated by: Lindsay Crouse
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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.

Annie Wilkes had pulled him from the wreck, brought him to her remote mountain home, splinted and set his mangled legs. The good news was that Annie was a nurse and had painkilling drugs. The bad news was that she was Paul's Number One Fan. And when she found out what Paul had done to Misery, she didn't like it. She didn't like it at all. And now he had to bring Misery back to life. Or else....

©1986 Stephen King (P)1992 Penguin Highbridge Audio Contemporary Fiction Genre Fiction Fiction Scary

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had me on the edge of my seat narration was excellent never once was I bored

great narration and of course another king classic

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Stephen King's Misery is one of my favourite books that he has written (and I've read all of them!) - it's realistic, it's terrifying and incredibly intense. The movie adaptation is also one of the best films of the 90's and easily up there with The Shawshank Redemption and The Green Mile as best converted to screen of King's books - it's almost like the characters of Annie and Paul were written with Kathy Bates and James Caan in mind as they fit the roles perfectly. I've also seen the stage play which was very well performed too - so, yes, I am a fan (pun intended).

With this audiobook, Lindsay Crouse reads both roles (and the other few minor characters) and - wow! what a performance! She has a great voice for narration but her Annie voice was amazing - so much power and feeling in the dialogue - it was almost as good as Bates' performance in the film.

Such a good story, as I've said, brilliant narration - what else can I say but get this audiobook!

Incredible performance and story

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Narration in this story is above and beyond in my limited experience.

Be warned, Annie comes to life in this Audio experience!

Excellent Voice Actress

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Really good performance by the narrator I thought she was perfect for this book I enjoyed the story but found it a bit slow in places and the ending was a bit anti climatic

Misery

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love it, so wonderfully read and executed. would recommend to anyone. Have read other Stephen King which I'd not enjoyed however this was outstanding.

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