Rose Madder by Stephen King (MOBI)

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Rosie Daniels flees her nightmare marriage to find refuge in a strange city, far from her brutal husband, Norman, whose relentless savagery and mad obsessions follow her to her sanctuary and drive her to transform herself to survive. 1,750,000 first printing. $200,000 ad/promo. BOMC Main.

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Editorial Reviews: Amazon.com Review After 14 years of being beaten, Rose Daniels wakes up one morning and leaves her husband — but she keeps looking over her shoulder, because Norman has the instincts of a predator. And what is the strange work of art that has Rose in a kind of spell? In this brilliant dark-hued fable of the gender wars, Stephen King has fashioned yet another suspense thriller to keep readers right at the edge. From Publishers Weekly Relentlessly paced and brilliantly orchestrated, this cat-and-mouse game of a novel is one of King’s most engrossing and topical horror stories. At the center of the action is heroine Rose McClendon, a battered wife who starts life anew by leaving her police officer husband, a consummately cruel man depicted by King as a paragon of evil. Crowded with character and incident, the novel builds to a nearly apocalyptic conclusion that combines the best of King’s long novels?the breadth of vision of The Stand, for example?with the focused plot and careful psychological portraiture of Dolores Claiborne. The story of Rose’s joyous growth from tortured wife (her persecution gruesomely but realistically portrayed) to independent woman alternates with the terrifying details of her husband’s deliberate pursuit to create unflagging tension. The book is a phantasmagorical roller-coaster ride, peopled by a broad array of indelibly characterized men and women and fueled by an air of danger that is immediate and overwhelming. 1.75 million first printing; BOMC main selection; simultaneous Penguin Audio; paperback sale to Signet. Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc. From School Library Journal YA?King moves from supernaturally frightful subjects into the real world of terror. This heroine has been systematically abused (mentally, physically, and sexually) for 14 years of marriage. As the book begins, Rose is finally escaping her husband, a truly psychotic cop, and is starting a new life in another city. The suspense comes from wondering when he will finally catch up with her and talk to her “up real close,” his verbal prelude to physical punishment for every perceived wrongdoing. The book is full of graphic language and acts and may be all too real for some YAs. But those readers who have enjoyed King’s past books will not be disappointed by this one. Though he doesn’t frighten, he does create tension in the chase, demonstrating just how mad this husband is. As the final conflict occurs, though, the author emphasizes the strength one can find in oneself by having Rose (with the aid of a painting that comes to life) vanquish Norman herself. Unfortunately, very few victims of abuse in today’s world have access to supernatural paintings.?William Byrd, W.T. Woodson High School, Fairfax, VACopyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc. From Library Journal The king of suspense delivers the story of a woman on the run from her husband, a vicious cop who will stop at nothing to find her. With the 1.75 million-copy first printing, plenty of books will be available for the on-sale date of June 26.Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc. From Booklist One gift that distinguishes King from other horror writers is his knack for and dedication to creating convincing female protagonists who are more than stock damsels in distress, like feisty Dolores Claiborne in the novel, arguably King’s best, that bears her name, or this book’s Rose McClendon Daniels. Rose is the abused wife of sadistic cop Norman Daniels. We meet her in a typical King grab-’em-and-shock-’em prologue, just as she’s beginning to suffer a miscarriage brought on by Norman’s latest beating. The main action begins when Rose finally walks out of the 14-year hell of her marriage. Dazed and ignorant of the regular world, she finds a battered women’s shelter 800 miles from home, starts an independent life, and even meets a decent man, a pawn shop operator from whom she buys a strange painting. Of course, Norman, gone–as a King character might say–round the bend and ballistic, is tracking her down, maiming and murdering every informer and obstructor he can along the way. The expected bloody showdown climaxes the yarn, but not until King invokes the supernatural–the painting, of course, and its inhabitant, whom Rose dubs Rose Madderto help his heroine. This time, the tactic seems strained and unnecessary; Dolores Claiborne needed only a dash of the uncanny to get out of her predicament, and Rose McClendon, bolstered by her shelter cohort, seems equal to Norman without the assistance of weird artwork. That judgment, however, is something with which King’s millions of readers will want to concur or dissent after their own reading. Ray Olson Review After enduring fourteen years of an abusive marriage, Rose takes flight for a new identity and life free from her husband; but Norman is pathologically driven to injure, and can’t bear the thought of his wife’s flight. Thus begins a tense thriller in which hunter and hunted find their worlds transformed. — Midwest Book Review Read more

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⭐I’m not sure why this book isn’t one that you hear much about, but I enjoyed it. It’s about Rose, an abused wife who one comes to realize her situation and on impulse one day makes her escape from a murderous husband. Choosing a new place to settle, she finds help from a women’s organization and in a second-hand shop discovers a strange painting that captivates her: a woman in a “rose madder” dress, portrayed in a rural setting that turns out to depict a fantasy world. But we learn that Rose’s escape from her husband is not complete, and she will require help from several sources, one supernatural.The lead character is a woman who takes some time to realize her inner strength, even gaining a new career and a new love. I found Rose and a number of other characters appealing, enough so that I was bothered by the death of several innocents at the hands of Rose’s vicious husband. I remember when King was criticized for his shallow depictions of female characters, and believe this book was one of his efforts to rectify that. This copy of the book is replacing my earlier paperback copy that was falling apart.

⭐Rose Madder is the story of Rose, an abused wife, who makes the final escape from her husband Norman, thanks to the supernatural intervention of a mysterious painting from a pawn shop. I don’t usually like how men write women. Most male authors write women who are stereotypes, satellites of the male protagonist, or the quirky shallow character. Stephen King obviously loves women, but sees them clearly. I recognized the women he writes about. Rose Madder is not one of King’s better known novels. It’s a woman’s novel, written about a woman, and shows how ugly a bad relationship can be. There is a supernatural edge to this book, but the real horror is the violence and mental torment a woman can tolerate, and what it takes to finally escape it.

⭐What really shocked me was King’s view of the police. Rose’s husband, a decorated police sergeant, apparently could get in touch with any police anywhere and they would help him. I was so shocked by how the police seemed to care nothing at all about abused women that I did a little research and found that most studies show forty percent of police are involved with domestic violence, usually against women.

⭐This book somehow managed to capture the emotional element of an abused woman, and it was done as thoughtful as one can with this subject matter. You will be rooting for the character of Rosie throughout, and it definitely had me in suspense. Loved the supernatural element woven throughout and it was a nice change from books with a similar troupe. Stephen King shows us once again why he is a master storyteller.

⭐This was my first Stephen King Book. I definitely enjoy the way he tells a story. With great detail you feel like you are right there. This is a awesome story, it will keep you on the edge of your seat. I could hardly put it down. It’s definitely thought provoking. I will be checking out other books of his. I definitely recommend this book.

⭐I am a huge fan of Stephen King and this book is in my personal top 10 books by him — it’s an underrated gem! I purchased this on a whim and was hooked from first page to last. It was passed around between my coworkers at work who also fell in love with it! It’s now a permanent fixture in our ‘work library’ for all to enjoy and marvel. I encouraged my coworker who was a victim of domestic abuse to read this book. After reading it, she built up the courage to remove herself from an abusive relationship (temporarily, unfortunately). We all were very proud of her and started calling her Rose Madder! The content is definitely not for the faint of heart, but it’s worth powering through. … I definitely recommend!

⭐This is one of his most terrifying books. Not because of the painting and not what happens both to and in it. That is King’s wonderful imagination taking flight and taking you along for the ride. The truly terrifying part is Norman. Because there are far too many Normans in the world holding their own Rose in a deadly grasp. Unfortunately, some are also cops, or other authority figures that act like they are expected to, most of the time anyway, in public and turn into their true vicious selves when they are behind closed doors. The warrior woman may be fiction but spouse abuse isn’t. THAT is the truly scary part of Rose Madder.

⭐I’m a constant King reader. I reread his books. I enjoy him that much. This book is one of my favorites. I encourage anyone to read it. It’s incredible, to me, that King could write such a book about battered women, from a female perspective being a man. He never ceases to amaze me. This is one you won’t want to put down.

⭐Bought 2nd hand as I like to recycle and reuse things to save resources. Great condition book. Did come with a very unexpected bookmark of a photograph of a semi naked lady. Usually I have received 2nd hand books with fliers for book stores. This was a much nicer book mark

⭐Up to a point, Rose Madder is an engrossing and well-crafted story. It contains the usual King ingredients of flawed, believable characters, a compelling storyline and a sense of the surreal and magical that makes his books so readable and other-worldly. But, this one goes on way too long. Having set up a strong story concerning Rosie and her flight from her abusive, appallingly violent cop husband Norman, things spiral spectacularly out kilter in a crazy, ultra-violent and highly unbelievable finale. It’s as if King doesn’t know how to bring things to end. Yet one more example of where editing and losing around 200 pages of this book would have made it so much better.

⭐The very first book I read by King and I read it cover to cover.It’s the story of a woman escaping her abusive cop husband and his mission to find her. There’s obviously an eerie twist but this isn’t the scary Stephen King you’d imagine. I first read it at 12 years old and, 23 years later, I still love it and would recommend it to everyone.

⭐I have read every story Stephen King has written.I started reading them, must be forty years ago. I read Rose Madder when it was new and I was a different person, in another lifetime.It was a different story then, than it was today.I’m glad I read it again.

⭐An enjoyable enough read but the the ‘alternative world’ is done less well than in other SK books such as Black House or Lisey’s Story and I don’t think it quite worked here.

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