3.45k reviews for:

Rosemary's Baby

Ira Levin

4.0 AVERAGE

katlacombe's review against another edition

4.5

dark tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

scarlet85's review against another edition

4.0

dark mysterious sad tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: N/A

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

chaselamp's review against another edition

5.0

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A horror classic? Not gruesome in the slightest, but scary enough to make your skin crawl through almost the whole ride. Highly suspenseful with a heavy build. Such a creepy, crawly finish with such a strong metaphor to the actual “terrors” people can put on you in life.

r__a's review against another edition

4.0

dark emotional mysterious sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

sidneyxrene's review against another edition

4.0

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

lolalolalola's review against another edition

4.5

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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I picked this book up after watching the Polanski film adaptation and I was as equally as impressed at how close the film stayed true to Ira Levin’s original material. Whilst this book is primarily of a horror genre, I really liked the arguably implicit theme regarding patriarchal and  societal control over women. If you strip aside all the supernatural and horror aspects of the novel you are faced with a harsh reality of how women were treated (and are treated) in regards to their own bodies.

kdrupp's review against another edition

4.25

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

matthewjgleason's review against another edition

5.0

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Listened to the Mia Farrow audiobook. Very solid. I was surprised by how close the film kept, but this definitely had more layers to it. The novel benefits from slower pacing, allowing you to really feel her predicament.

alexmilchovich's review against another edition

4.5

dark emotional mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

nrsolis87's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced