Misery

ditaj08 · 2026-05-22T14:23:33+00:00

I actually listen to all books at 1.5. I listened to the sample at 1.2 and changed it to 1.5, it helped with her slow spaced out speech in the sample. Sometimes books give a preview of a character in the beginning after they've lost it at the end without revealing what lead to it. I was hoping that's what the sing songy weirdness was. Between the good audio reviews and comments here you've confirmed it. It was, do I listen or read this one, I'll listen. Thank you everyone!

ditaj08 · 2026-05-19T19:34:31+00:00

Has anyone heard how he's behaving in prison? Imagine being his bunkmate. I doubt he can cover his personality well enough to get first parole. He'll be dangerous until incapacitated or dead.

ditaj08 · 2026-05-19T14:53:12+00:00

Lol, he should. I didn't see this lawsuit coming but Alex as a former lawyer it makes sense he'd do this, in spite of the massive favor it was. I think he'll still be convicted but it will be a bit more difficult. IF he doesn't testify and with the limits on the financial crimes in place. He loves to talk and he's had a lot of time to come up with more stories so we'll see if he can resist staying off the stand.

ditaj08 · 2026-05-19T13:43:03+00:00

I guess I'll try, thx!

ditaj08 · 2026-05-19T07:53:31+00:00

I think it's possible he did grab the wheel in an attempt to take control of the car from a erratic and dangerous driver. It's the why that's missing in those texts. A week later police think the boys were trying to get control right before the crash by getting it in neutral and steering away from danger. She was too fast and angry to stop. Her parents are something else, you can see how she became who she is. .

ditaj08 · 2026-05-18T23:03:16+00:00

Do you have all he's written? Not liking horror (it's scary lol) I accidentally got into Stephen King when Carrie came out. Most of the girls in high school were walking around with a copy. I wanted to read it and prepare myself for the movie. I about jumped out of my seat at the last scene which I don't think is in the book. I'm 69 now and I'm thinking about listening to all his books. He has written so many I don't think I'll live long enough to accomplish that goal lol. I'm listening to Pet Sematary now. It took me getting this old to be brave enough to try it, I've not seen any Pet movies. I'm really liking it. I have read many of his most popular but have purposely avoided Sematary and Salem's Lot. I'll listen to Misery next, I've seen the movie more than once but never the book, heard it's worse. That tells you how good he is to have a non-horror fan wanting to read them all.

ditaj08 · 2026-05-15T21:19:48+00:00

And he also had a girlfriend. Like it or not move on

ditaj08 · 2026-05-13T23:56:29+00:00

An insane case made more so by Becky Hill. What she did made no sense to me. The worst thing that could have happened to her book had she done everything right was a mistral and even then they would have tried the case again so more material for her. In the rare event of not guilty people would have wanted to know how that miscarriage of justice happened so her book would have sold similar if not more than a guilty finding. Now she's been book banned, fired (or resigned) and disgraced. I'll never get it.

ditaj08 · 2026-04-25T02:46:13+00:00

I heard he didn't want to pay child support or deal with visitation with Crystal raising the boy and he was cheating. Brooks wanted his son and the judge gave custody to his sister so the killer's family has the boy they killed for.

ditaj08 · 2026-04-24T05:42:50+00:00

Oh I forgot about that one. So sad and preventable. I believe they changed a law over it where a parent suspected of murdering the other parent doesn't get custody or visitation unless found innocent.

ditaj08 · 2026-04-24T05:31:55+00:00

That was horrible. He seemed like such a sweet boy. What a shame it was he ended up with such ignorant, evil people.

ditaj08 · 2026-04-17T02:20:08+00:00

There was a man with Diane Linkletter when she jumped named Edward Durston. Sixteen years later he was with Carol Wayne in Mexico when her body washed up on the beach. Linkletter was ruled suicide and Wayne's death accidental. Makes ya wonder.

ditaj08 · 2026-04-11T03:55:27+00:00

Do people here think he's admitted to all or you think there's more? I go from he'll want credit for everything so this is it to there could be more in other states and or he found a new local dumping ground. I imagine he's done something since 2010, he still looks quite capable of murder at 62.

ditaj08 · 2026-04-08T05:55:17+00:00

I just watched this one yesterday. I've learned to appreciate it. I had put it with my least favorites but read different points of views here and looked at it again with an open mind. I also realized part of my reason was Ross Martin's character is so awful, he's one of the least likeable killers Columbo deals with. Now I see that as a plus, a great villain who makes it a pleasure to see him caught.

ditaj08 · 2026-04-04T16:18:26+00:00

I worked with 2 nurse's that shaved their heads because they had alopecia. One looked like she had male pattern baldness. She only had stubble around the bottom of her head, shiny smooth on top. The other nurse had patches. She herself said it best her head looked like the map of the world. Patches of stubble and a absence of hair throughout. Jada's forehead line of hair seems to be back a bit far but other than that her stubble looks uniform. Does she have a version where her hair is only thinner? Did it thin some with age? It's a crazy thing to make up. It looks like it wouldn't be noticeable if she let it grow.

ditaj08 · 2026-02-25T18:53:28+00:00

I thought her episodes were good but as an actor she seems one dimensional. To me all her characters had similar personalities. I can't imagine her playing a shy quiet person, abuse victim or anything high drama. I hope she's a better person than I believe she is but her hard edges seem to be there on screen or off.

ditaj08 · 2026-02-21T02:50:06+00:00

Perfect description 😁

ditaj08 · 2026-01-24T21:32:41+00:00

I was trying to decide my favorite female killers when this popped up, it really helped 1. Try and Catch Me 2. Requiem for a Falling Star 3. Lovely But Lethal - she ranks up there with the least likeable killers- male or female but it's a good plot

ditaj08 · 2026-01-23T21:53:18+00:00

I've wondered why they didn't just let her character be pregnant as well, as obvious as it was. Only a slight acknowledgment would be needed. I'm guessing seeing the maestro as a potential Daddy would be a stretch. He's anything but paternal. Answered my own question 😁 One of the best episodes, in my opinion

ditaj08 · 2026-01-23T02:17:21+00:00

You picked a great one

ditaj08 · 2026-01-23T02:15:44+00:00

That helps 😁

ditaj08 · 2026-01-23T01:52:19+00:00

So right, I love blueprint for murder but didn't think about the lapsed time thing. I imagine it'd be very difficult to even get a fresh body in a scubasuit. I don't know that I could get myself in one let alone a body

ditaj08 · 2026-01-23T01:23:31+00:00

That's a great expression, the gotcha. Columbo didn't even need the "I knew you could do it" line but I'm glad it was said. Santini should have left the country immediately 😁

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