Misery
By Stephen King
Since it's the beginning of the best month of the year (October) I thought I would kick off with some scary stuff. Halloween, aka the best holiday of the year, will be here before we know it. It's that time of year where the weather gets colder and the drinks get warm. Everything turns to pumpkin spice something or crisp apple, what have you. My children already have their Halloween costumes and have had them for weeks. They have been counting down the days until they can trick or treat for a while now. As always I am pleased as punch that it's my birthday month and the season of football, beautiful leaves, and hoodies (or Sarah's if you are into Lularoe). Forget Christmas, this is the best time of year.
I read one of Mr. King's most famous books. The film adaptation even earned Kathy Bates an Academy Award for her portrayal of the story's villain. If you have been living under a rock and don't know know the plot, it's simply the story of an author who gets “saved” by his number one fan that ends up torturing him until he writes her another book in the series that she loves.
All right, there are a few reasons I didn't love this book. I don't know if it's the fact that I knew how the story was going to end or if it was the fact that my copy of the book was a used copy from eBay and smelled like an ashtray, but it wasn't my favorite of his books. I think a major factor could be that I read Gerald's Game last year and absolutely loved it. I'm not going to rehash why I loved it so much, you can just go back and read that entry. Both of these books are about a person being stuck in a bed and they are trying to get out of a scary situation. If I'm going to be honest with you I would say to just rent the adaptation to Misery and enjoy Kathy Bate's academy award winning portrayal of this crazy woman.
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