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Summary: Stephen King does it again
Review: This book was excellent. It kept me on the edge of my seat throughout the whole thing! The beginning did start off a little bit slow, but for all those Stephen King fans out there, you all know that it's usually how it goes but Stephen King seems to always make it up to us by putting us on the edge of our seats before too long! At first it was seeming like this could be an actual event that could happen, but then as soon as Ms. McClendon started experiencing some odd things :) and ze bool.. I realized that this was definately a novel made by the master of horror :) Oddly enough though, the ending was a little surprising .. definately not something I was expecting :) I do recommend this book though.. once ya get by the first chapter it pretty much takes off and doesn't let go till the end :)
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Summary: A Fine Line Between Hope, Fear and Insanity
Review: Rosie's ex, Norman, is one mean dude. A real nasty package. He's taken a month's vacation to "visit relatives" and he's got plenty of time to put his cop/detective skills to good use, to find his wife and have a talk with her "up close". She's walked out after years of horrible abuse and things are looking up for her. But now she can feel him getting closer. People in her new circle of friends are dying. You can feel him getting closer, too, and it'll make you want to scream.But Normie's having a tough time. He's having more and more of those little spells where he can't account for how things happened or where the time went. But his hatred drives him on - his sole goal to find Rosie, to make her pay. Normie's like a fox closing in on the hare. It looks like the outcome is inevitable, but what if the hare were ... rabid? Maybe Normie would do well to follow the voice he hears in his head, of his molesting father, that advises "maybe you should just turn around, Normie; you could call it a draw." Then there's the mysterious painting, and the plot that keeps turning on a dime just about every time you think you're on track. Not to put too fine a point on it, but there is a very interesting underlying element in this book that has to do with the nature of victims and victimizers. As the story progresses, our opinion of Norman changes as we understand more about how he related (and still relates) to his dead father. Not that we become sympathetic, but the internal dialogs are interesting and often even a bit amusing. My belief that S.K. felt this was an important thematic component of this work is reenforced by the character shifts that occur in Rosie-the-victim near the end of the story. I hope I'm not reading too much into the author's intent, but I found the conjecture intriguing.
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Summary: Great first half, dull 2nd half
Review: The story is about a woman, Rose Daniels, who finally gets the courage to leave her abusive husband after many years of marriage. After she leaves Norman, her husband, Norman tries to chase her down and punish her. The first half of the story is terrific. Stephen King does a good job in describing Rose's fear in leaving and makes her departure quite suspensful. He also richly details her new life and makes you quite interested in Rose. King also does a good job in giving her husband Norman a lot of depth as well. I read the first half of the book very quickly and was very interested in the story. Unfortunately things went completely south when the supernatural was brought into play. As soon as a supernatural painting becomes part of the story, the book becomes very predictable. The only reason i kept reading is I ws curious how Norman would search for Rose and what events would lead to the ending. Had King not brought in the supernatural aspect (or at least a different type of supernatural event) the story would have been much better and much less predictable. I am a great admirer of Stephen King and love many of his books, but this book dissapointed me. I strongly recommend reading an alternative book of his such as The Stand (my personal favorite), Misery, It, The Green Mile, and Different Seasons to name a few. It is not King's worst book, but not even close to his best work either.
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Summary: King holds the imagination hostage.
Review: Let Stephen King lead your imagination into another world. You don't even have to think about the scenes and landscapes in this story, somehow King uses his magic to slide the images directly into his readers minds. Rose Daniels is by far one of the best characters ever created in Kings world and i hope that all SK fans will give this book a chance.
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Summary: Escape from the Bull
Review: Another breath taking story of one of Stephen King's finest horror stories. One might say different from the occasional 'monster next door', but this tale is truly a winner. After escaping from her 'bull' cop husband, Rose McCleadon is all alone in a strange town without a friend to comfort her on her terrible life story living with Norman Daniells. After finding a framed picture in an old store and being moved and drawn by its 'power', she purchases it and realizes it may as well be the best thing that has happened in her life.
The story leads on with an edge on your seat experience and the path Rose must take in order to free herself from her past and Norman who is slowly tracking her down. Will he find her and 'talk to her up close' or will she escape him and perhaps find the man she should have been with a long time ago? Read and find out for your self.
Enojy.
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Summary: Not Up To His Usual Par
Review: I don't want to give anything away, in case you do read the book, but I really couldn't connect to this book the way I always have with Kings earlier works. I usually love his work, but Rose Madder seemed forced, stunted and at times confusing.When I was done I felt empty, without any closure. Save your money for one of his better works.
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Summary: Fabulous.....Thanks Mr. King
Review: I am so glad that I read Rose Madder. I borrowed it from a man at work who said it was good but it was great! King delves into the messy world of marital abuse and pulls out Rose, a beautifully developed character, so realistic I could feel my heart pound when she had a close-call with Norman and I could almost feel her pain, feel every hit,every bite....It's a long book but you won't know it as you're reading it so enjoy!
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Summary: Not Stephen King caliber
Review: Stephen King has written some great horror books and even good non-horror like Four Seasons. But this book is by far his worst peice of work yet. I'm almost reluctant to read any more of his works.
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Summary: Rose Madder by Stephen King
Review: After reading Stephen King's Rose Madder, I found that I liked the book, however, it was very strange. First of all, it was a very well written book. The character descriptions were amazing. Stephen King's writing enables you to actually draw a picture in your head of what is going on.
While this book was good, it did have a lot of supernatural strangeness. The picture that Rose buys is the strangest part of the story. This picture gives her courage and strength to try and live on her own, away from her abusive husband. If you read this story pay attention to the picture and what happens to it throughout the story.
The husband, who is absolutely determined to find Rose, brings an exciting conflict to the story. He is a crazed husband who uses vulgar language, violent acts, and overpowering moods to frighten everyone he comes across. As the story progresses he becomes a killer on the prowl for his prey.
Although I thought this book was very good overall, the one thing I did not really like was that sometimes Stephen King got a somewhat over descriptive. Even though the descriptions were amazing, there were a few instances where he went so into detail that it could bore you. For instance, King describes exactly what everyone is wearing, which would be fine accept by the end you did not want to know what they were wearing but rather, what was going on in the background.
Overall, I thoroughly enjoyed this book. I would highly recommend this book to anyone, especially those who enjoy somewhat weird science fiction stories.
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Summary: No new ideas.
Review: Rose Madder is a mix of many other elements of King novels, battered spouse, psychotic husband, images of spiders, and a fantasy realm all adding up to one of King's worst novels. The characters are caricatures rather than well drawn personalities. (usually a major strength of King)There is not one surprise in this book as the husband gets crazier, Rose gets more frightened and Greek mythology becomes a factor. I generally enjoy the works of this author and I found this book an anomaly in a career filled with excellent work.
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