gerald's game book review
King takes it over the top way over the top in an exquisitely horrifying frightfest about a woman forced to face her deepest fearsand then some. Incest is the deadliest game of all far deadlier than geralds game.
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Ultimately its the confident way this story is told that really contributes toward this films success.
. While this is one of the best-written stories King has ever published it will offend many through sheer bad taste. I often cite it as not just my favorite King but favorite novel of all time. Im very impressed that King was able to write the majority of this almost 500 page book surrounding a situation that only lasted a few hours.
Gerald now naked save for his spectacles knelt on the bed and began crawling up toward her. His eyes were still gleaming. The book has recently been adapted into a very popular Netflix original movie.
Still there are moments that are hard to watch. If you want to support my channel you can do so through my Patreon page. Geralds game book review.
Not only is it considered one of Kings lesser works but it takes place almost entirely in inner monologue and memory with its only major character handcuffed to a bed. I would be eternally gratef. While pennywise may be the face of it.
Those who know me are aware that I have strong feelings about this book. Geralds Game revolves around a woman named Jessie Burlingame. Jessie Burlingame 39 is getting plenty tired of being handcuffed to the bed of her Maine summerhouse by her attorney-husband Gerald so that he can play his silly sex games.
Partly this was because the premise sounded disturbingly like Misery my least favourite King novel and partly it was because I was suffering extreme genophobia fear of sex at the time and the very premise Geralds Game is built on was one that I simply. Geralds game was a book I consciously avoided as a teenager even going as far as returning it back to the library unread. Other performances including those of Bruce Greenwood Henry Thomas and a very expressive dog are first-rate as well.
Geralds game is actually terrifying and the writing is perfect. Any diehard king fan will tell you that the authors biggest problem is endings. The story is about a woman whose husband dies of a heart attack while she is handcuffed to a bed and following the subsequent realization that she is trapped with little hope of rescue begins to let the voices inside her head take over.
To sum up my thoughts. Geralds Game is a tight thriller with a strong psychological core. My thoughts on the book Geralds Game by Stephen King.
The 1963 summer eclipse that Jessie is abused during is the same eclipse witnessed by Dolores on the other side of the lake the day she pushes her husband into a well. Created Apr 2 2021. It wasnt bad but it wasnt great.
Geralds game is the first book in my stephen king journey that ive been pretty middle of the road about while reading it. Geralds Game So theres poor Jessie with no one around for miles and King zooms in on every moment of her ordeal with. Stephen King Goodreads Author 355 Rating details 145065 ratings 4794 reviews.
Geralds Game is a novel by the master of Horror Stephen King. Im writing this review right after my second full re-read. Stephen King wrote one of his most successful novels Geralds Game in 1992.
This is arguably a sign of insanity. The movie itself is pretty much the same - its not really a horror movie more like a psychological drama. Stephen King cranks up the suspense in a different kind of bedtime story.
This is the first Stephen King book please notice that I wrote book and not story I have read that really doesnt have anything supernatural in it. Jessie and Gerald Burlingame have. I initially read it in 2018 which might surprise you.
Geralds Game is a 1992 suspense novel by American writer Stephen King. She had an idea it was that gleam which had kept her playing the game long after her initial curiosity had been satisfied. I love to read and write I have many books and other stuff published but I keep my identity a secret.
It had been years since shed seen that much heat in Geralds gaze when he looked at her. The novel much like many of his others quickly became a New York Times 1 Best Seller. September 20 2017 by indefenseofthehorror in reviews and tagged book geralds game review stephen king.
Geralds game is a tight thriller with a strong psychological core. The story starts off with Jessie and Gerald having just arrived at. GERALDS GAME is the first book in my Stephen King journey that Ive been pretty middle of the road about while reading it.
A game of seduction between a husband and wife goes horribly awry when the husband dies. Not that I missed it GG is still a terrific story. Mike Flanagan reportedly carried around a copy of Geralds Game to meetings because it was the Stephen King book he dreamed of adapting since he was a teenager.
I read the book years ago and it was not bad but far from best of the author which i really love. Its fair to say Geralds Game is one of the best horrors released this year and is well worth a watch making it a worthy adaptation of Stephen Kings excellent book. Geralds Game 2017 is a faithful adaptation of its source.
In Geralds Game Jessies flashbacks of the family lake house eventually reveal that she was also sexually abused by her father who then mentally manipulated her into keeping quiet.
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