Once he finally catches up to Rose, he attempts to strangle her and her new boyfriend, Bill Steiner.

He murders a policeman guarding Rose to hide inside the patrol car, despite being a policeman himself.

He kills Rose's two friends at her new apartment.

Killing a man simply because the man was Jewish.

He interrogates a man who saw Rose by crushing his scrotum, before he fatally devoured him.

After Rose decides to leave him to avoid anymore of his abuse, he becomes determined to hunt her down and ' talk to her up close'.

He brutally assaulted and raped an African-American prostitute.

While Rose was four months pregnant, he punched her because he hated the book she was reading, causing her to miscarry.

Over 14 years, he makes Rose's life miserable by domestically abusing her whenever he felt like it such as biting her, punching her in the kidneys and sodomizing her with a tennis racket.

During one bout of violence, Norman caused Rosie to miscarry their only child. Rosie Daniels flees from her husband, Norman after fourteen years in an abusive marriage. Sure, King has a habit of blowing my mind with the wordcountson his releases, but usually you still find yourself barreling through towards the end. Available Format (s) Hardcover / Paperback / Audio.

He regularly abuses his power as a police officer. Stephen King Rose Madder Rose Madder seemed to drag by for me, which is a shame.

Norman is a racist and a misogynist, assaulting people simply for being other races or the opposite sex.

While Norman is claimed to have a tragic past of having been sexually abused by his father that made him what he is, but the story leans on the idea it was all on Norman's mind to provide himself an excuse and that the abuse may have never actually even happened in the first place so has no real justification or reason for his crimes other than simple sadism.

Rose’s strength comes from a magic painting that never seems to make any sense or work with the wider narrative.

Visit here for more details: Norman Daniels's Synopsis on the Villains Wiki. Rose Madder feels as though King is saying that again, but with far less power.

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