lolalolalola 's review for:

Rosemary's Baby by Ira Levin

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.