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					Originally Posted by ColonelSpecial  Rose Madder by Stephen King was the most depraved book I have read. If I recall correctly, the husband beats the wife for having dirty sheets. I made it through but I have never read another King book because of it. | 
	
 This made me think of Misery by Stephen King.  I found it a real struggle to read.  It was the first King book I'd read that was so straightforward violent - most of his books are scary for what isn't said and the suspense of it all, but this one was eeeew!