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Rose Madder

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Rose Madder

By: Stephen King
Narrated by: Blair Brown
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Roused by a single drop of blood, Rosie Daniels wakes up to the chilling realisation that her husband is going to kill her. And she takes flight - with his credit card.

Alone in a strange city, Rosie begins to build a new life: she meets Bill Steiner and she finds an odd junk shop painting, 'Rose Madder', which strangely seems to want her as much as she wants it.

But it's hard for Rosie not to keep looking over her shoulder. Rose-maddened and on the rampage, Norman is a corrupt cop with a dog's instinct for tracking people. And he's getting close. Rosie can feel how close he is getting . . .

A brilliant, dark-hued fable of gender wars, a haunting love story, and a hold-your-breath triumph of suspense, ROSE MADDER is Stephen King at his electrifying best.


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Relentlessly paced and brilliantly orchestrated . . . one of King's most engrossing and topical
A superb suspense novel
Rousing . . . vivid and sensitive
A superb suspense novel
Relentlessly paced and brilliantly orchestrated...one of King's most engrossing and topical horror stories
One of the great storytellers of our time
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I wasn't sure about this book when I saw it in the listings as the subject matter didn't really appeal to me. However I've only actively disliked one of Stephen King's books and I noticed that he was also one of the narrators for this edition so I decided to take the plunge with this month's credit.

It's one of the faster times I've got through a longer audio book and I listen to a lot of them. The story line didn't (and doesn't in hindsight) seem to be that fascinating or convincing to me but obivously it was as I've had to come back for another book and I'm not due another credit for ages!

It was also extremely well read which is as important (if not more so) that the actual book. I've had some great books from Audible which I've given up on after an hour or so as the narrator was so irritating (either too 'flat' or to excitable)that I couldn't focus on the story. I've had others (such as the first 5 books in Terry Brooks - Landover series) where the narration has made the story alive for me. This is one of the latter. With a great combination from the two readers effectively splitting the two 'sides' of the book.

Surprisingly 'unturnoffable'. Very well read

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I have loved this book for years and the audio version is excellent. The only criticism I would make is the incidental music, added no doubt to prolong the suspense but I found it intrusive.

Great writing needs no music

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Annoying sounds in the audio but other then that it was great. Stephen king himself narrates part of the book too

Rose Madder

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I really liked this book to start, good plot, great build up and then it went a bit nuts! It was like Groundhog Day, chapter 6 just seemed to repeat itself, did I miss something somewhere, is the actual book the same? I even went back to see if something was wrong with the download, but after reading other reviews I see it is a common comment

The other problem is the music, is just infuriating, especially when you’re just nodding off. Overall probably my least favourite Stephen King book

Great plot to start but….

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I love Stephen King but this is the first of his novels which has been disappointing. The premise is a bit basic. The villain is predictable. The new boyfriend a cipher. The heroine game. Lots of swear words and bile. Better than many other writers but in the lower league of SK !

Creepy but ultimately disappointing

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