My full review of Misery can be found on Keeping Up With The Penguins.

Misery moves a lot faster than the other Stephen King novels I’ve read, but that’s not surprising really, given that it’s a third of the length and only has two central characters. Unfortunately, despite having a narrower focus, King really doesn’t flesh out his characters as fully as you’d hope. Maybe I’m jaded from reading too many more recent and more intricate thrillers, but everything in Misery just seemed a bit two-dimensional. All told, Misery is a middle-of-the-road horror novel, made more interesting for its parallels to King’s personal life.