Gerald's Game
Stephen King
Jan 2016 · Simon and Schuster · Narrated by Lindsay Crouse
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The classic tale of terror about a woman fighting for survival after a romantic getaway gone wrong, from #1 New York Times bestselling author and master storyteller Stephen King.
Gerald and Jessie Burlingame have gone to their summer home on a warm October weekday for a romantic getaway. After being handcuffed to her bedposts, Jessie tires of her husband's games, but when Gerald refuses to stop, the evening ends with deadly consequences. Still handcuffed, Jessie is now trapped...and alone. Over the next twenty-eight hours, in the lakeside house that has become her prison, Jessie will come face-to-face with all the things she has ever feared. Her only company is a hungry, stray dog and the various voices that fill her mind. As night comes, she is unsure whether it is her imagination—or if she has another companion: someone watching her from the corner of her dark bedroom....
Gerald and Jessie Burlingame have gone to their summer home on a warm October weekday for a romantic getaway. After being handcuffed to her bedposts, Jessie tires of her husband's games, but when Gerald refuses to stop, the evening ends with deadly consequences. Still handcuffed, Jessie is now trapped...and alone. Over the next twenty-eight hours, in the lakeside house that has become her prison, Jessie will come face-to-face with all the things she has ever feared. Her only company is a hungry, stray dog and the various voices that fill her mind. As night comes, she is unsure whether it is her imagination—or if she has another companion: someone watching her from the corner of her dark bedroom....
The classic tale of terror about a woman fighting for survival after a romantic getaway gone wrong, from #1 New York Times bestselling author and master storyteller Stephen King.
Gerald and Jessie Burlingame have gone to their summer home on a warm October weekday for a romantic getaway. After b...
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Carlos Garcia
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July 1, 2025
What can I say about this book... It's a book. I don't know, I believe this was a wasted effort. The Netflix show is superior to this read. I found Jessie to be annoying and highly repetitive in terms of story, but what can I expect with a one character centered storyline. I thought the book kinda went nowhere and it's a shame it's associated with a truly great book, Dolores Claiborne. There was truly no real threat coming from Raymond (moonlight man), it was essentially pointless to introduce him. I didn't like this two decades ago when I read it and a reread shows me I was correct the first time around. I say skip this. A sorry 2.75/5
Michael Gilden
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October 25, 2021
Rough at times. But a really good book. Pretty sensitive material though... :/
About the author
Stephen King is the author of more than sixty books, all of them worldwide bestsellers. His recent work includes Never Flinch, the short story collection You Like It Darker (a New York Times Book Review top ten horror book of 2024), Holly (a New York Times Notable Book of 2023), Fairy Tale, Billy Summers, If It Bleeds, The Institute, Elevation, The Outsider, Sleeping Beauties (cowritten with his son Owen King), and the Bill Hodges trilogy: End of Watch, Finders Keepers, and Mr. Mercedes (an Edgar Award winner for Best Novel and a television series streaming on Peacock). His novel 11/22/63 was named a top ten book of 2011 by The New York Times Book Review and won the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Mystery/Thriller. His epic works The Dark Tower, It, Pet Sematary, Doctor Sleep, and Firestarter are the basis for major motion pictures, with It now the highest-grossing horror film of all time. He is the recipient of 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 Bangor, Maine, with his wife, novelist Tabitha King.
Lindsay Crouse is an award-winning veteran of the New York stage. In television she has guest-starred on Law and Order, E.R., C.S.I., NYPD Blue, Alias, and Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Some of her best loved films include The Verdict, House of Games, The Insider, Daniel, Slapshot, Indian In The Cupboard and Places in the Heart, for which she received an Academy Award nomination.
Lindsay Crouse is an award-winning veteran of the New York stage. In television she has guest-starred on Law and Order, E.R., C.S.I., NYPD Blue, Alias, and Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Some of her best loved films include The Verdict, House of Games, The Insider, Daniel, Slapshot, Indian In The Cupboard and Places in the Heart, for which she received an Academy Award nomination.
Stephen King is the author of more than sixty books, all of them worldwide bestsellers. His recent work includes Never Flinch, the short story collection You Like It Darker (a New York Times Book Review top ten horror book of 2024), Holly (a New York Times Notable Book of 2023), Fairy Tale, Billy...
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