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Gerald's Game

by Stephen King

A confined survival thriller

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  • Bestseller

    #1 New York Times bestseller

    The annotation describes Gerald's Game as a #1 New York Times bestseller.

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    #1 New York Times bestselling author

    The description identifies Stephen King as a #1 New York Times bestselling author.

AlbakiReads Editorial

A confined survival thriller

A romantic getaway turns into a fight for survival when Jessie is left handcuffed and alone in a lakeside house. The story’s narrow setting and twenty-eight-hour span concentrate the danger around her physical predicament, while the voices in her mind and a possible presence in the room complicate what she faces. The setup brings together confinement, fear, and uncertainty, making the house itself central to the suspense.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Readers interested in psychological thrillers built around a confined setting.
  • Those seeking a survival story centered on a woman confronting immediate danger.
  • Stephen King readers looking for a premise involving isolation and uncertainty.

Themes

Confinement and survivalFear and uncertaintyIsolationPsychological suspense

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Book overview

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....
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