How is Gerald's Game different than King's other novels?

King's greater reliance on the "monsters" within the dark places of the human soul, rather than the "monster" in the closet or under the bed distinguishes this novel from his others. While King's explanations of the demons within Jessie's father are sketchy, he is clear regarding Jessie's emotional coupling of Gerald, Joubert and her father. Joubert, the necrophile and grave desecrator, is a demon for whom all humans—male and female—are nothing but objects of pleasure and personal gain. His dehumanizing acts against the dead are similar to Gerald's "crimes" against Jessie; and her father's crime against her. Until Jessie makes the connection, she is paralyzed by fear and trapped. In King's psychological drama psychic horror and fear strip Jessie naked—metaphorically and literally, after which she is forced to confront and find herself, beyond civility, pretense, masks or forgetfulness.