![]() ![]() Something is off about his savior from the very beginning, but Paul chooses to focus on his recovery instead of that feeling. Annie brings Paul to her isolated house and cares for him, tending to his injuries and supplying him with painkillers she picked up during past shifts as a nurse. The woman who rescues him is none other than his “number one fan,” former registered nurse Annie Wilkes. In this tense horror novel, best-selling author Paul Sheldon is found nearly dead on the side of the road after a winter storm and rescued. Some stories of his are so extraordinarily terrifying and expertly-crafted that they transcend horror as we know it Misery is one of them. Stephen King has written his share of groundbreaking horror novels, and I have read my share of them. *Content warning: This post discusses themes of abuse and trauma ![]() ![]() ‘ ANNIE OH PLEASE PLEASE DON’T HURT ME! ‘ She gripped the handle farther up in her left hand and spread her legs like a logger. “She tossed the open bottle of Betadine over her shoulder, her face blank and empty and yet so inarguably solid she slid her right hand down the handle of the axe almost to the steel head. ![]()
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