Gerald's Game

by Stephen King | Audiobooks |
ISBN: 159887764X Global Overview for this book
Registered by carlissa of Gainesville, Florida USA on 12/6/2011
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3 journalers for this copy...
Journal Entry 1 by carlissa from Gainesville, Florida USA on Wednesday, June 27, 2012
Bought this on sale at B&N today.

Journal Entry 2 by carlissa at Miami, Florida USA on Thursday, June 1, 2017
giving to Azuki in a box of audios

Journal Entry 3 by wingAzukiwing at Miami, Florida USA on Tuesday, June 6, 2017
Received this among a box of audiobooks from Carlissa. Thanks so much, and great seeing you after all this while!

Jessie Burlingame and her husband Gerald have gone for an off-beat romantic day off in their secluded cabin in western Maine. When Gerald handcuffs Jessie to a bed for some kinky sex, she accidentally kills him. Trapped with little hope of rescue, and Gerald's body being feasted on by a stray dog, Jessie begins to lose hope.

This book sounds too dark for my taste, just the idea churns my stomach, so I will set it aside to travel in a future bookbox.

Journal Entry 4 by wingAzukiwing at Swap in BookObsessed.com, A book trading site -- Controlled Releases on Wednesday, November 14, 2018

Released 5 yrs ago (11/15/2018 UTC) at Swap in BookObsessed.com, A book trading site -- Controlled Releases

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Sending this to JudySlump612. Hope you will enjoy it! But don't try anything like that w Dr Slump.... ; P

Journal Entry 5 by JudySlump612 at Minneapolis, Minnesota USA on Sunday, November 25, 2018
Arrived here safely today. Thanks, Azuki!

Journal Entry 6 by JudySlump612 at Minneapolis, Minnesota USA on Wednesday, May 1, 2019
Azuki was perfectly right that this is a very dark book, so for her, handing it on without listening was the smart decision. I'd read it before, so I knew it's not as gruesome as some others, but there's enough to meet expectations. Overall, I liked it very well. King writes suspense so well that we stay glued to the narrative even if we can guess how it ends.

The reason I only gave this seven stars is that I found the reader's performance disappointing. Jessie spends most of the book flat on her back on the bed, listening to interior voices, mostly rehashing her past. For a lot of us audiobook fans, hearing readers create a variety of individual voices is one of the greatest advantages of the format, and Lindsay Crouse simply did not do that. The gold standard here has to be Anne Heche's performance of King's 'The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon.' Trisha, the main character, spends most of the book lost in a forest, so like Jessie, a very large part of the narration is her talking to herself. Heche creates an amazingly snaky, insinuating voice of Trisha's self-doubt, constantly telling her she's doomed. It makes the audiobook one of my all-time favorites. I was hoping for the same experience here, and I regret that Crouse missed a huge opportunity.

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