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Summary: A word to the wise
Review: Firstly, I must say that the book is teeming with flaws. I did, however, enjoy reading it, and suspect that at least some of the "flaws" were intentional.I would like to add a question for those of you who stop at the first it-was-all-a-dream ending, without considering the second ending (eg "I got news for ya, Ira. It didn't work for Dallas -- it doesn't fly here.") If you think that the book ends with Rosemary waking up and finding it all to have been a dream, what do you make of Hutch's final comment as he is speaking to Rosemary on the phone? "Oh, before I forget, Roast Mules? Exactly three minutes and twelve seconds by the clock." The second part of his statement is an exact echo of something said at a critical moment a few pages earlier. That's all the clues I'm giving you. Just think: somersault = eternal return. And be careful what you wish for. A very clever and disturbing ending.
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Summary: I'd give this book zero stars if I could
Review: This book is arguably one of the worse I have ever read in my life. The story is thourly unbelivable and badly written. This reads like a screen play it is clear that Levin wants this to become a movie. Thank god Hollywood has some taste, I have heard nothing about plans to make this into a movie. This book had one chance to be interesting. At the end of the book there is a chance the world could be destroyed. Instead of giving a real resolution to this problem Levin choses a cop out ending which destroys the first book in the process. My only consulation is that I did not buy this book. I read it a bookstore. I pity anyone who spent five cents on this piece of garbage.
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Summary: The worst excuse for a book ever
Review: One thing was wrong when Ira Levin sat down to write "Son of Rosemary": he wrote it. It failed in so many areas, one wishes that this book is banned from American book stores until Mr. Levin can re-write it, or better, yet, not write a sequel at all. "Son of Rosemary" opens at the dawn of a new millenium, and Rosemary awakiening from a spell the coven she had lived next door to put on her. She sees that they had succeded with her son, Andy, becoming the anti-christ and having the world groveling at his feet. She claims to be his mother, and wouldn't you know it - everyone believes her! Also, Andy is an anti anti-christ, not wanting to be the son of Satan.As far-fetched as this is (and we're not past page 50), the worst is yet to come. I will not force you to read what horrible things Levin wrote that he expects to be believable, I guess. However, it has the worst ending in history, but that's not the bad part: This Christ-like figure, this man the entire world loves, wants to get it on with his mother! That's right, what's a little incest here and there in a novel?My friends, if you thought this review was poorly written, it's solid gold compared to "Son." Don't get fooled into buying a piece if garbage like this, instead read (or re-read) "Rosemary's Baby" - the exact opposite of it's sequel. See "Rosemary's Baby" for my review of that classic.
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Summary: Roast Mules
Review: Can't figure out what Roast Mules is - any help?Found the ending very confusing - real/dream/fantasy?
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Summary: As bad as they say
Review: There is a reason that the average review of this book is 2 stars--it really IS that bad. I can only imagine how much money Ira Levin was paid to write this pathetic excuse for a horror novel. This really is amateur hour. It confirms that Levin is an out and out hack. A total travesty, and don't think it won't be made into an equally awful film. Stay away on all counts!
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Summary: Oh, please...
Review: I am horrified that such an excellent writer would stoop to such a trite and disappointing ending. The majority of the book was palatable, but the lousy ending left me with a foul taste in my mouth. Rosemary's Baby is indeed a classic, but this one is just a cop-out.
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Summary: Is this a joke?
Review: Okay, ROSEMARY'S BABY is a classic in the horror field because it so accurately portrayed an urban woman suffering from paranoia and claustrophobic terror, along with the usual trials of pending motherhood. Tension was built carefully, in a very subtle manner, and by the time you reached the end, your nerves were taut and your emotions were spent. It elicited the emotion that is the genre -- horror. Interestingly enough, SON OF ROSEMARY succeeds on the same levels. The entire novel is built on the theme that Rosemary cannot entirely trust her son, even though he claims to be a new spiritualist leading society into a more peaceful millennium, and her suspicion is developed slowly through the course of the story. It builds incredible tension, to the point where you're waiting for something to happen while at the same time hoping it won't. And on that level, SON OF ROSEMARY succeeds. But the ending. Are we really expected to accept it? For one thing, it's a disappointment, but for another, it's a cop-out. If you want to ruin one promising novel, fine, but why on earth would you want to ruin a classic, too? What was going through Mr. Levin's mind when he even considered an ending like that? (I hate to be vague, but I'd also hate to spoil it for other readers ... the author does that just fine on his own.) So, I guess I'm divided. On some levels the book is good, but overall, the ending honked me off too much to appreciate the good points. I guess the best thing I can say about this book is that it reads quickly ... I only wasted three hours of my life on it.
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Summary: Disappointed
Review: After Rosemary's Baby, This Perfect Day, The Stepford Wives - this was so disappointing. I used to say I had never found an Ira Levin book I did not love. This book has defiled this memory. But the other, earlier books are wonderful - buy them!
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Summary: Son of Rosemary
Review: I did enjoy the book at first, but then it started to get a bit bizarre. Such as when Andy would come on to his mother, her reponse was puzzling, but maybe she didn't expect anything other than that type of behavior since his father was satan. I was also confused about the ending. Was everything a dream or some sort of foresight of the future of her and Guy. I also still have no idea what "Roast Mules" is suppose to mean.
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Summary: A bit shocked
Review: that everyone seems to believe that Levin set out to personally "waste your time" or "steal your money" with this inferior sequel. Has it ocurred to anyone that there was no grand conspiracy here by author and/or published -- simply that the author failed to write something great? Baseball players hit home runs and they strike out. Football players catch the ball and they fumble it. See where I am going with this? Just because an author fails once in a while, do not take it as a personal affront. I didn't. But then again, I write myself and know how hard it is. In fact, it may even be harder than catching or hitting a ball. That's why there are a lot more people playing professional sports than making a living as a fiction writer.
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