Gerald's Game

Stephen King

Mar 2010 · Hachette UK

About this ebook

A game. A husband and wife game. Gerald's Game.

But this time Jesse doesn't want to play. Lying there, spread-eagled and handcuffed to the bedstead while he looms and drools over her, she feels angry and humiliated.

So she kicks out hard. Aims to hit him where it hurts.

He isn't meant to die, leaving Jesse alone and helpless in a lakeside holiday cabin. Miles from anywhere. No-one to hear her screams.

Alone. Except for the stray dog that smells her blood, the voices in her head which begin to chatter, and the board which creaks stealthily at nightfall, signalling that something or someone else is close by.

Ratings and reviews

Read this in one night and found it was more mediocre than some of his other works. Just seemed a bit... lame... because there's no real "threat" but the emotional Rollercoaster of being trapped with a dead body and it's ALL your fault. King does write it very well though. I don't believe anothet author could pull it off to this degree.

A tense, psychological tale. Didn't quite grip me in the same way as the other books I've read of King's, but still a really good read.

Full Of Suspense!!!!!! Stephen Kings Best Book♥

About the author

STEPHEN KING is the author of more than seventy books, all of them worldwide bestsellers. His crime thrillers featuring Holly Gibney include Mr Mercedes, winner of the Edgar Award for best novel, and The Outsider, both of which were adapted into successful TV series, as well as Finders Keepers, End of Watch and the title story from If It Bleeds. Many of his titles are the basis for major motion pictures including IT, Stand By Me (adapted from The Body) and The Shawshank Redemption, which is IMDb's top-rated movie of all time. King is the recipient of The Sunday Times Award for Literary Excellence 2022, the 2020 Audio Publishers Association Lifetime Achievement Award, the 2018 PEN America Literary Service Award, the 2014 National Medal of Arts, and the 2003 National Book Foundation Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters. He lives in Maine, with his wife, novelist Tabitha King.