Strength of Plot: Graded "A"
Strength of Plot: Graded "B"
Strength of Plot: Graded "C"
Character Development: Graded "A"
Character Development: Graded "B"
Character Development: Graded "C"
Quality of the Story's Ending: Graded "A"
Quality of the Story's Ending: Graded "B"
Quality of the Story's Ending: Graded "C"
Never Read
Group 3: Misery
Misery, 1987
Please grade Misery in the following three areas using the grades A, B, or C:
- Strength of Plot
- Character Development
- Quality of the Story's Ending
If you haven't read this book yet, please vote Never Read. Feel free to discuss your votes in this thread.
IMPORTANT: Please make sure to select only one grade in each grading area. For complete instructions, see this post.
This is one of King's best works to date. I think I would have to put it in my top ten, if I ever actually made a King top ten list that is.
All A's.
Margaret Emmie Mackey Catoe, you are, have been, and always will be my soulmate, and I love you.
Con todo mi corazon, por todo de mis dias. And I always will, in this life and into the next.
August 2, 1947 - September 24, 2010
Cool, three votes thus far, including mine, and all are straight As!
Straight A's.
Wow, this one is getting very consistently high marks.
Sloth Love Chunk
yes, this one was easy
Quality of the Story's Ending is actually A++++++++++++++; it's the best King's ending I personally know.
Ask not what bears can do for you, but what you can do for bears. (razz)
When one is in agreement with bears one is always correct. (mae)
bears are back!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Yes, for me the character development was very easy to grade. Annie Wilkes is one of King's best villains. She is so believable. This is one of my favorites because there is nothing supernatural about it, there is just one seriously fucked up lady.
Sloth Love Chunk
AAA ... and another one of my favourites! I really do love this book!
I'm surprised this book didn't rate higher in Round 1, only garnering the 16th spot. I feel it could've placed in the top 10.
Me too All A's and kudos to the POV that AW is just
one seriously messed up woman.
The answer is within
all matter is energy, all energy is GOD
I'm trying to be tough in this voting; I'd hate to give all of the books all A's... but even though this is not my very favorite SK, I just could not find fault with any of those areas. AAA *shrug*
Yeah, I'm trying to be tough too, but this got straight A's from me. And, in thinking about it more, I think I need to add this to my fave's list, b/c this really is one of my favorite King novels.
Though, I did see the movie first, and Kathy Bates will ALWAYS be Annie to me...normally that kind of thing bothers me, but in this case...I love it.
And I agree, one of the best things about this novel is that there's no supernatural...hell, as humans, we don't NEED supernatural stuff to be scary; we're scary as hell all on our own.
AAA. I literally stayed up half the night to finish this, it was so good.
"People, especially children, aren't measured by their IQ. What's important about them is whether they're good or bad, and these children are bad." ~ Alan Bernard
"You needn't die happy when your day comes, but you must die satisfied, for you have lived your life from beginning to end and ka is always served." ~ Roland Deschain
I found it too "one demential."
All that's left of what we were is what we have become.
The poll has closed. This round Misery has earned an OAG (overall average grade) of 2.807017544 or 93.57% in addition to its FAS (final average score), making it 7.186764379 or 89.83%. In 2009, Misery received an OAG of 2.727272727 for a FAS of 7.127272727, so it gained 0.059491652 (+0.83%) this time.
Grade breakdown:
Strength of Plot: 2.807017544 (93.57%)
Character Development: 2.859649123 (95.32%)
Quality of the Story's Ending: 2.754385965 (91.81%)
Great showing by one of my favorite King novels! I don't know if it'll be enough to catapult it from 16th into the Top 10 for Round 3, but I certainly hope so!
lol, I don't agree, but I can see your point.Originally Posted by Jon
on the wordplay.
applause from bearslol, I don't agree, but I can see your point.
Ask not what bears can do for you, but what you can do for bears. (razz)
When one is in agreement with bears one is always correct. (mae)
bears are back!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Jon, I'm your number one fan.
Sloth Love Chunk
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