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Rosemary's Baby
by Ira Levin
dark
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
Holy hell (literally). I read the first half in the evening and spent a sleepless night, tossing and turning in the claustrophobia this book creates.
In 230 pages, Rosemary's Baby goes from the idyllic and promise filled life of a young couple into a suspicious nightmare. Horror pieces are generally relegated to the margins of society. The creepy hill houses or small vampire infested towns, but here the horror lives and breathes alongside you, in your taxis and theatres and urban life. It's inescapable and suffocating. The monsters here aren't werewolves or vampires but the people around you.Who can you really trust? Your husband? Your neighbours? Your doctor? This was written in the 1960s and perfectly encapsulates the gaslighting of women and misogynistic dismissal of fear as womanly hysteria. The surrounding characters prey on this vulnerability and isolate Rosemary until she has nowhere to go.
This might be one of the best horror pieces ever written. I'm much more afraid of misogyny and my neighbours than vampires anyway.
In 230 pages, Rosemary's Baby goes from the idyllic and promise filled life of a young couple into a suspicious nightmare. Horror pieces are generally relegated to the margins of society. The creepy hill houses or small vampire infested towns, but here the horror lives and breathes alongside you, in your taxis and theatres and urban life. It's inescapable and suffocating. The monsters here aren't werewolves or vampires but the people around you.Who can you really trust? Your husband? Your neighbours? Your doctor? This was written in the 1960s and perfectly encapsulates the gaslighting of women and misogynistic dismissal of fear as womanly hysteria. The surrounding characters prey on this vulnerability and isolate Rosemary until she has nowhere to go.
This might be one of the best horror pieces ever written. I'm much more afraid of misogyny and my neighbours than vampires anyway.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, Gaslighting
Moderate: Suicide