Rose Madder by Steven King

I have never read any of Steven King's novels, but I decided to start reading them. I didn't want to start off with anything too scary, so I picked Rose Madder.

Rose Madder is about a lady whose being abused by her Police man husband. She leaves him one day and ventures out into the world on her own after fourteen years of being in an abusive relationship. The story goes on as she makes her life her own again, but her husband is a brilliant tracker and he is determined to find her. He is a violent and sick man who will do anything to get his wife back.

The story gets interesting when Rose finds a painting that she likes, which has a name on the back of it saying "Rose Madder." She becomes attached to it whilst in the shop and she cannot take her eyes off it, so she gets it.

I found this book to be very readable and I could not put it down for a second. Steven King is a brilliant author. If all his books are as good as this one, then I will read more of them.

He is a strange writer, but still curiously brilliant in his own way. I would recommend Rose Madder to anyone who is a fan of Steven King.