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Summary: A chilling tale!
Review: Ira Levin is the master of horror, conveying the dark side of ordinary everyday life in suspenseful and terrifying ways. With The Stepford Wives he took on the issue of feminism and created a pop culture phenomenon still relevant over 30 years later. Rosemary's Baby has to be one of his best novels, a dark and brooding suspense shocker about a housewife's descent into a dark world of satanic worship. To say any more would be to give away the suspense and shocks like only Levin could provide. Rosemary is a brilliant heroine, real and emotional and it is so easy for the reader to relate. I found myself identifying with her and rooting for her to get through the madness her life takes on after moving into a popular apartment building with a history of evil. Levin slowly closes in on the horror, suffocating the reader as they try to unravel the mystery. The villians are more terrifying than any I have come across in literature because they are real people doing unreal things, which adds an effective creepiness to the story. This is a terrific page-turner and one of the most twisted and disturbing novels I have ever read. I also like the movie, although I wish it had a darker tone like the book, but have not read the sequel, Son of Rosemary, which is supposed to be awful. It is such a short book, reading it won't take much time. This one is highly recommended.
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Summary: "Hail Rosemary! Hail Satan!"
Review: This book is a modern horror masterpiece put together in a way like no other horror book I've ever read. Creativity and style are the keys to the success of the story. At all times the reader has the sense that some sort of dark conspiracy is afoot, but at the same time, there is just enough lack of evidence that one can just dismiss it as silliness and paranoia. This tension lasts right up until the end of the story. Minor inconsistencies and eerie neighbors leave the reader constantly guessing and struggling with what is really going on. Yet every time a strange event happens, there seems to be an equally logical explanation that allays the newly arisen suspicion. That is the greatness of this book. The story is so well put together that the reader can struggle, but will not figure out the true scope of everything that is happening until the author wants him to. This is a very worthwhile, scary read. The movie starring Mia Farrow is also plenty creepy!
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Summary: Psychological thriller to the max
Review: I think some reviewers missed the main point of "Rosemary's Baby": This book is a psychological thriller. It's meant to be "scary" in the sense that you're afraid of what's going to happen next and when it does happen, you don't know what to think.
I don't know if some folks are looking for "scary" to be another word for a character's guts being ripped out by a creepy monster coming out of the woods. If that's the case, naturally the reader will be disappointed by the end result. If not, you'll enjoy being completely freaked out by how far Guy Woodhouse is willing to go for fame and fortune.
Reading the book and watching Roman Polanski's movie are one and the same experience. The script lifted the majority of the book's words verbatim. The only thing missing from the movie is Levin's definitive ending.
If only more fiction novels were written the way "Rosemary's Baby" was...
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Summary: Ho-hum
Review: I've always heard references to Rosemary's Baby. Eventually, the curiosity built enough for me to pick up a copy. The reading was easy, and went into silly details like what type of bread the characters used for their sandwhiches and such.
The plot is weak, very weak. I could tell what would happen before it happened. Especially considering there were no other characters in the story.. it was pretty easy to pick out who was good and who was bad.
The plot really never goes anywhere, it's like an episode of Seinfeld minus all the funny. It just goes on to chronicle Rosemary's and Guy's life with a few curve balls thrown in to keep you interested.
Sadly, however, few of the plot points pan out. And when they do you already knew what the cause and/or effect of them would be. The ending is terrible.
However, take into account when this book was written. The story takes place in 1965/6 and was published in 1967. During that time Cathlocicism (and Christianity in general) was incredibly popular and well practiced and believed in America. That is most likely why this book has held up so well and is so scary to earlier generations. Just like how many people my age don't find the Exorcist scary.
The book won't be a total waste of time, you can read through it in a day and it is pretty entertaining, if not childish.
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Summary: Takes a lot to scare a vamp but this novel did it.
Review: Rosemary and Guy Woodhouse(an actor), a young recently married couple(she's 24 and he's in early 30's) ditched one apartment to move into the coveted Bram vacancy. They eagerly moved into the place despite the warnings of their family friend "Hutch".
Soon after they move in another tragic chapter of the Bram unfolds as a young lady falls to her death. However this unfortunate incident opens the door for Guy and Rosemary to befriend their elderly neighbours.
One night after a passionate and hallociagenic night of love-making Rosemary concieves the baby she has wished for. Luckily Rosemary has her nieghbours to help her through her painful pregnancy. Yet aas the Woodhouses spend more of their time with their neighbours, and Guy's career starts to skyrocket with success, Rosemary's physical pain is accompanied with suspicion and dread soaking the pages with paranoia and fear.
This novel was originally published over thirty years ago and yet still manages to frighten and entice fans of the genre becoming a classic. This may be explained by Levin's fluid prose using an economy of words without sacrificing the details needed to convey each dreadful scene. This horror novel is pretty clean i.e. has very minimal gore which I would argue is another sign of Levin's gifts as a storyteller scaring the reader without relying on the trendy graphic tricks all too many of today's authors use.
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Summary: great book but not as scary as it some people said
Review: Ira Levin is the master of horror, conveying the dark side of ordinary everyday life in suspenseful and terrifying ways. With The Stepford Wives he took on the issue of feminism and created a pop culture phenomenon still relevant over 30 years later. Rosemary's Baby has to be one of his best novels, a dark and brooding suspense shocker about a housewife's descent into a dark world of satanic worship. To say any more would be to give away the suspense and shocks like only Levin could provide. Rosemary is a brilliant heroine, real and emotional and it is so easy for the reader to relate. I found myself identifying with her and rooting for her to get through the madness her life takes on after moving into a popular apartment building with a history of evil. Levin slowly closes in on the horror, suffocating the reader as they try to unravel the mystery. The villians are more terrifying than any I have come across in literature because they are real people doing unreal things, which adds an effective creepiness to the story. This is a terrific page-turner and one of the most twisted and disturbing novels I have ever read. I also like the movie, although I wish it had a darker tone like the book, but have not read the sequel, Son of Rosemary, which is supposed to be awful. It is such a short book, reading it won't take much time. This one is highly recommended.
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Summary: Absolutely shocking.
Review: A totally ordinary story about the completely shocking; I was so disturbed after this book I had to put it down and play video games until I felt too dumb to worry about it. I can't remember the last time I was so scared by such a simply-written story. Read it. Now.
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Summary: Classic Horror Novel
Review: Rosemary's Baby is a classic horror novel. It is extremely well written and keeps you spellbound turning page after page, not wanting to put it down. It is a tale of a young couple who are expecting their first child and the sinister forces of satanic evil.
This is a truly scary book.
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Summary: Hauntingly chilling classic horror
Review: Rosemary's Baby is the story of a young newly-wed couple who happen to move in to a building with a history of unfortunate and strange occurences. Rosemary is ready and willing to start a family, but little does she know she'll end up carrying the baby of, not her husband Guy, but rather Satan himself. This is a story of witches and devil worship coupled with real-life events and occurences. This fact is what made this novel so ground-breaking when it first came out in the 60's. It places horror in the home, and in someone's womb, as opposed to something slightly more abstract (ie-"Swamp Thing" or "The Blob"). "Fear where we never thought to look before." Is Rosemary being a worried soon-to-be mother? How many of her suspicions are rooted in fact? Does Rosemary need to protect her child from others, or is it everyone else who needs protection from him? For Rosemary, the line becomes blurred between fear and reality and she can trust no one as she struggles to discern the truth. Levin weaves the plot elements together so masterfully and intricately that the story is indeed flawless. The characters are believable, and the suspense very real. The twists are intriguing and exciting. I cranked this book out yesterday, so it's fair to say that Rosemary's Baby is an easy and fast-paced read. However, though this is a great suspense-type horror book, it is not really necessarily "spooky" or nail-biting per say. If you are looking for a suspensful page-turner that is a quick and simple read, then give this one a try!
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Summary: Chilling
Review: Rosemary and Guy move into the Bramford, an old but prestigous apartment in New York. Their friend Hutch warns them not to do this because there have been so many tragic accidents in the building. Once they move in Rosemary befriends a young woman, Terry Gionoffrio. Unfortunately this friendship doesn't last long; Terry commits suicide. After this tragic accident, Rosemary learns that Terry lived next door with Mr and Mrs. Castevet, who treated her like their daughter. Rosemary begins to have strange dreams and hears strange noises and Guy becomes remote and distant. Then Rosemary becomes pregnant and begins to suspect that her neighbours have special plans for her child.
She has a new problem - the protection of her forthcoming child. But it may not be the child that needs protection.
This book was fantastic! Nothing grusome or scary but it kept me on the edge of my seat the entire time.
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