Gerald's Game

By: Stephen King

Narrated by: Lindsay Crouse

Length: 13 hrs and 33 mins

Publisher's summary

When a game of seduction between a husband and wife ends in death, the nightmare has only just begun in this sinister twist on a bedtime story - a number-one national best seller and "one of Stephen King's best" (USA Today).

Gerald and Jessie Burlingame have gone to their summer home on a warm weekday in October 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 trapped and alone.

Over the next 28 hours, in the lakeside house that has become a 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.

A master of his craft, Stephen King's novels haunt in many different ways. Gerald's Game "kept us up half the night, we couldn't put it down" (Newsweek).

©1992 Stephen King (P)1992 Penguin Highbridge Audio

Decent

When I say decent I mean that it was good, but there are much better Stephen King books. I found the story more disturbing than some of his others. I mean disturbing is more or less expected from him, but wow! The narrator was good. What stuck out to me was the music. I found it cheesy, terrible, and really unnecessary. Overall though, I'd recommend it if you like his other books.

Gerald's Game

Brilliant novel by King. I loved it. Exceptionally tense and hard to put down. I knocked this one out in under 2 days of listening off and on, with the last 8 hrs I did uninterrupted at work. Very scary and disturbingly graphic at points with alot of emotion as well. The end is my only quiff as I have had a few with Kings novels. **Spoilers*** I didn't like the actual materialization of the night visitor or "space cowboy". I thought he was in her he'd the entire time but Kings explanation that he was in fact there didn't make sense to me. I was thinking there was much more to him and her memories of her dad and the eclipse but there wasn't, I even thought at end that when she went into court to witness he was real that maybe it would end up her father. Also what about her dreams of a women chasing her into blackberries and the handful of cotton in woman's hand. I kept waiting for her to admit that her mother found out bout dad and her or that dad did more or that she herself came onto her father and it was all in her mind. idk I just thought there'd be more to it and the end where there was a strange ghoul in her home that did nothing to her was kinda uneventful even though after thinking bout it it was very creepy. The memory of the eclipse and dad turning into her way out of cuffs was rather brilliant though but the parts where she describes her dad's basic molestation of her was rather hard to listen to/read but very compelling. I have read about 12 or 13 King novels now and this one is right up there with the best I've read so far.

Great voice interpretation!

Great voice interpretation. I didn't give 5 stars because I didn't like at all the noises they put in the audio for chapter breaks and suspense moments during storytelling.
For the history point oficina view, a couple of chapters were slow and redundant. But I liked the overall story and ending.

good but it has some music

the music feels super annoying at times making it distracting and not even matching the mood of the chapter is bridging into.

A great listen except for the synth.

This book contains sexual assault, pedophilia and mutilation. just a TW for anyone who is interested but may have an issue with that.


definately one of King's more suspenseful books. had me on the edge of my seat. the only part that bothered me was that damn synthesizer they used for transitions.

A+ Psychological Horror

Great story and a wonderful narrator. My only issues was the distracting / weird pan flute music between scenes. Would still recommend, and thankfully the music is less jarring as you go.

Fairly good story, but quite unpleasant

The reader did a good job, and the story was fairly interesting. However, the book was unpleasant and seemed unnecessarily dragged out. Not one of King's best.

S K @ his best. Love the way it ties to Dolores Claiborne!

Ms. Crouse does an incredible job of narrating. All of this book's intensity is communicated to we faithfully constant readers.
BRAVO, Mr King...

Awesome Listen!

What made the experience of listening to Gerald's Game the most enjoyable?

Lindsay Crouse understands what it takes to make Stephen King sound like pure poetry!. A gripping and engaging story that keeps you wanting more and this will always remain a favorite King book of mine.

What other book might you compare Gerald's Game to and why?

Lindsay Crouse also does a beautiful job with Misery and that is similar.

Which scene was your favorite?

Too many for just one, but the dog sticks out. And Jesse's inner monologue is always geat.

Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?

I wish I could have!

Music?

I enjoyed the story, and the narration except for the slightly jarring, out-of-place musical interludes.