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Rose Madder
- Narrated by: Blair Brown
- Length: 17 hrs and 22 mins
- Unabridged Audiobook
- Release date: 01-01-16
- Language: English
- Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio
- Whispersync for Voice-ready
Regular price: $28.34
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The number-one national best seller about a woman who escapes an abusive marriage is "one of Stephen King's most engrossing horror novels. Relentlessly paced and brilliantly orchestrated...fueled by an air of danger immediate and overwhelming" (Publishers Weekly).
Rosie Daniels leaves her husband, Norman, after 14 years in an abusive marriage. She is determined to lose herself in a place where he won't find her. She'll worry about all the rest later.
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Fixed on revenge, Norman Daniels becomes a force of relentless terror and savageness, a man almost mythic in his monstrosity. For Rosie to survive, she must enter her own myth and become a woman she never knew she could be: Rose Madder.
"Riveting, engrossing...packed with suspense" (People), Stephen King infuses this novel with an edge-of-your-seat, chilling atmosphere. Rose Madder is "an eerie, remarkably mature and moving novel" (The Washington Post).
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- Nathan
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Excellent!
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- Deb Hatch
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Completely brought me in
From Page 1, he brought me into the story. Having experienced some of the things that the main character had, with domestic violence, the book was riveting and emotional for me. Sometimes it was difficult. I was ALL in. Fantastic!!!
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- Kim
- 06-01-16
Beware the background "music"
If you don't like music I the background of your audiobooks, avoid this one. It's not so much music as squawking and overtakes being able to hear the actual text. I love Stephen King's work and hadn't read this one yet so it was disappointing to hear another production with these horrible musical transitions that add nothing to the story or audible experience. Insomnia was this way also, from now on I'll be researching the production company and info before any more SK audiobook purchases.
12 of 13 people found this review helpful
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- Tokeyna
- 03-04-16
recommended by a friend
it started out kinda slow and I didn't know if I was gonna be able to listen to it go on and on but then it picked up after the pawn shop.
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- Diego Gallegos
- California
- 01-05-16
Good acting, not King's best in my opinion
Blair Brown and whoever does Norman's chapters both perform very well, and were a pleasure to listen to. The sound effects, however, were often rather off-putting, at least to my ears.
While the story was compelling, I didn't find that it drew me in in the same way that some of King's other works have.
4 of 4 people found this review helpful
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- Lars
- 09-12-16
Not Accessible
What disappointed you about Rose Madder?
The background noise at the start of the book's narration made it difficult for me to understand the narrator. I have a hearing loss and I struggled to separate out the narrator's voice from the noise. I was driving and started to listen to the book (I generally listen to books from Audible when driving long distances). At first, I thought the noise was the sound of the car's tires on the pavement; then I realized it was background "ambiance" for the narration at the start of the book. I had to listen to the beginning of the book several times to catch everything. I purchased the book to hear the narration, NOT the "ambiance". I'm not interested in going through this periodically throughout the book. I'm returning the book. I'll purchase and download the Kindle version of the book and just read it. I'll listen to other Audible book on my next trip.
8 of 9 people found this review helpful
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- MissSweet
- 05-05-16
Wonderfully read...
The reader was great, I just wish they'd cut out the "music" it was distracting.
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- wilmajune10
- 01-16-17
Good audible book
I like most of Stephen King books, but this is one of my favorites. Not sooo scary I need to listen in the daylight hours only.
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- Rose
- 05-04-16
So great, so Stephen King
Wow great villain, great characters, great story. A bit long at the end but minor issue. The story was so worth it. I'd recommend this book to everyone. (Unless you can't handle the King that is)
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- Rachel Dunn
- 05-03-16
awesomr
I read this book in my 20s . I enjoyed listening to it just as much as reading it.
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