Rose Madder is still to this day my very favorite of all Stephen's books. I need to read it again. It was like he had honestly stepped inside the mind of a pschopathic killer , it had you thinking about he could even actually be one, and get away with it! The brilliance of the gift he has is beyond words. . I'm a slow reader but I read that book in 3 days, I really couldn't put it down even to sleep. A few people have asked me if I was ever abused in some way to feel as strongly for the book as I do, but I never have been. It was realistically magical and realistically terrifying, edge of your seat terrifying, and to me, is his greatest Masterpiece. I am still waiting for the movie and on the other hand, it might not be possible to capture all that's in those pages to film, with as much impact, as the book has.