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Rose Madder
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Dec 31, 2019
bookshelves: horror-aiiiiiiiie, constant-reader-balloon-spells
Read 3 times. Last read October 24, 2016 to November 18, 2016.
A wonderfully weighted book in the first two acts as King really gets into the underbelly of domestic abuse survivor, from existence as victim through to an escapee., and life rebuilder. A hard read at times, but also with so much positivity, especially showing the day-to-day impact and power of empathy, understanding and human kindness. However, what ruins the book for me was the third act which appears to swerve into all-out horror, but feels a lot more like magical realism, I kid you not! As I got older and re-read and reappraised this work, I got to tolerate and better understand King's rationale, but back when I first read this, I was soooo annoyed!
My re-read and reappraisal of this book had me shoot this up to 8 out of 12, as the love and appreciation for the first two halves of the book outweighed the attempted mystical realist finale, which is still pants by the way!
My re-read and reappraisal of this book had me shoot this up to 8 out of 12, as the love and appreciation for the first two halves of the book outweighed the attempted mystical realist finale, which is still pants by the way!
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Reading Progress
October 30, 2002
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Started Reading
November 22, 2002
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Finished Reading
August 9, 2005
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Started Reading
August 18, 2005
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Finished Reading
October 24, 2016
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Started Reading
November 18, 2016
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Finished Reading
December 31, 2019
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December 31, 2019
– Shelved as:
horror-aiiiiiiiie
December 31, 2019
– Shelved as:
constant-reader-balloon-spells
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Jul 01, 2022 03:17AM
Everything you said here, is exactly how I feel except I couldn't have said it better.
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Siobhan wrote: "Everything you said here, is exactly how I feel except I couldn't have said it better."Thank you so much Siobhan... I don't get how King started off this book so well and ended so relatively poorly!
totally agree �. this would be a GREAT book if it weren’t for the ‘into the picture� nonsense. I skimmed through that stuff. A writer as talented as Stephen King could have come up with a better solution to Rosie’s problem. I can’t believe her husband wasn’t horror enough for Mr King. I’m not sorry I read it, the description of domestic violence and what it does to a woman’s head was so spot on. The shelter and the spunk of the survivors was also good. I just wish there was a different ending� like all the girls beating the sh*t out of Ze Bool themselves.
@baba agreed. I had to out this book down about halfway through. Too deep into the twisted psych of the antagonist.
Agreed @betsy. The into the picture part what’s where I started to lose interest. I’m a huge fan of SK’s work and have put this one down for now. Next up, Bag of Bones.
