A review by spare_comma
Rose Madder by Stephen King

dark mysterious tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? N/A
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.5

      This one surely is dark, in a very graphic gory way. Had to stop reading in the middle because of how uneasy I was feeling while reading it. 
Like, one month break.
But I was curious, and liked how the pace was in some parts so I went back to it..
I think that what was more interesting was how tense and complicated things were, seemed like a plausible plot, so I was a bit disappointed when
        suddenly fantasy was thrown into the story to resolve the problem, felt like a lazy way to do it. I was rooting for Rose, sure, but Norman being too complicated to deal with was the thing keeping me there.
+ the love interest was just unnecessary.
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