Misery: A Spine Tingling Thriller You'll Never Put Down I have to say that Steven King's novel, Misery, was the best Steven King novel I have ever read. In Misery, Paul Sheldon, a well-known author, had a very reasonable and passionate fear of Annie Wilkes, his schizophrenic 'number one fan' whose house he was being held prisoner in. Compared to the physical damage she caused him, the psychological damage was far worse, and more captivating …showed first 75 words of 511 total…

…showed last 75 words of 511 total…demanded my full attention. I also liked the hallucinated ending Paul makes up for himself. The more I read, the more realistic the book seemed, and I could not put the book down. I had become so involved in the lives of these fictional people that I could feel Annie in my room too. Once again, Steven King's Misery is an amazingly good book that hooks the reader and never lets go until the end.