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Summary: real, yet not. King's a great storyteller, as usual
Review: I was surprised by how natural, as opposed to supernatural, the book started out. But both the natural and supernatural elements were spell-binding. Very different subject matter for King
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Summary: One of King's best!
Review: Rose Daniels is a frightened, abused creepmouse of a woman living with her abusive cop husband, Norman. He's spanked her, bit her, cut her, threatened to kill her, raped her, and he even beat her baby girl out of her one night. Nevertheless she stays with him until fourteen years later she realizes she has to run away while he's at work. Just leave. Fast. She steals his bank card and takes a train to a city hundreds of miles away where she begins to rebuild and repair her life. But Norman is searching for her. Norman is furious. And he's determined to make her pay. Possibly my favorite Stephen King book beside Misery and Gerald's Game. As good as The Shining or Pet Sematary. Don't miss it!
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Summary: Interesting?
Review: It was a good book that captured my interest, but I found the ending confusing and bizarre.
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Summary: jenn dittso
Review: this was one of my first books of stephen king well im hooked for life . amazing ,the detail was incredible, rose made a wonderful triumph.STEPHEN KING i comend you!!!!!!!!I recomend this book to everyone,you wont be able to put it down!
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Summary: One of the Worst Books Ever
Review: I am writing this review to try and save others from wasting any time on this book. I really should have put Rose Madder away after the first couple hundred pages (which were passable), but I just kept hoping that things would improve. They don't.
Rose's forays into the alternate dimension that exists behind the picture that she picks up in a pawn shop (where she finds new love) are ridiculous and boring. I've read a lot of Stephen King, and appreciate the supernatural elements that are always injected into his writing, but I can't help but think that this concept was dreamed up under extreme deadline pressure.
Don't waste one cent buying a used copy of this book, or a minute of your time reading it.
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Summary: One of Stephen King's Best
Review: Rose Madder is one of the best books to come along in a long time. Your eyes are glued to the pages wondering what will happen next. You also begin to sympathize with some of the charcter's, such as Rose, who are taking the most important step of their lives while being fearful of their lives. I recommend it to anyone who wants a non-police invovled type of suspense story. .
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Summary: Greek Myths meet Stephen King with...
Review: ...a touch of The Lion The Witch and The Wardrobe!!
I enjoyed (if that's the right word) the concept of the story and felt that King seemed to have remarkable insight into what the main character, Rose was feeling. He rather scarily manages to get into the head of a psychotic abuser too.
However I just didn't feel very happy with the ending. I felt it had kind of lost it's way from the stark reality of most of the book to a vague unsatisfying surreal feel.
I would still recommend reading it, but the ending just left me feeling a little cheated.
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Summary: Awesome
Review: I thought this book was great-all i have to say is the husban got what he deserved what he got
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Summary: A Rose Madder by any other author would warrant 5 stars
Review: After a very strong start, Rose Madder turns out to be one of Stephen King's weaker novels, with uninspired characters and an ending which is somewhat drawn out and predictable. (A weak novel from Stephen King beats many other authors best works, however I hold King to higher standards.) The conflict between a battered wife and her sociopath husband seems somewhat Dean Koontzish or movieish to me and the characters lack the complexity of a Carrie, Jack Torrance or even the Trashcan Man. The first half of the story contains all its best parts (And the drama and emotion in those chapters are exceptional!) after that it seems unnecessarily long. Delores Claiborne and Gerald's Game share similar themes with Rose Madder, but contain better stories. King's descriptions are more than readable, of course, making the story move along at a nice pace as it draws you in and he even keeps you reading when there's little doubt as to how this book will end. It's not a bad book, just not one of Stephen King's best.
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