Rosemary's Baby
by Ira Levin
Taste attributes: horrormonster/alien/supernaturalpsychologicalthrillerfresh & originalunsavouryheavyimaginaryenclosedsolving the riddle/not as it seemsrescue/escape/jeopardy
Boxlist takeA fantastical horror novel that is morally murky, inventive and intimate. Best if you like the extraordinary over the everyday.
Pace: balanced · Originality: fresh · Tone: very dark · Weight: balanced · Realism: imaginary world · Story: balanced · Structure: balanced · Look: balanced · Scale: confined · Emotional punch: balancedHow we score
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4.0 / 5
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About This Book
She is a housewife—young, healthy, blissfully happy. He is an actor—charismatic and ambitious. The spacious, sun-filled apartment on Manhattan's Upper West Side is their dream home—a dream that turns into an unspeakable nightmare. . . . Enter the chilling world of Ira Levin—where terror is as near as your new neighbors . . . and where evil wears the most innocent face of all. . . . --front flap
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- Author
- Ira Levin
- Published
- 1967
- Pages
- 251
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- Open Library
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