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Rosemary's Baby (Rosemary's Baby #1)

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Rosemary Woodhouse and her struggling actor-husband Guy move into the Bramford, an old New York City apartment building with an onimous reputation and only elderly residents. Neighbours Roman and Minnie Castavet soon come nosing around to welcome them and, despite Rosemary's reservations about their eccentricity and the weird noises she keeps hearing, her h...more

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Published April 1968 by Dell (NY) (first published 1967)

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May 08, 2007 Josh rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Possibly the finest example of dramatic irony I've ever read. It's both energizing and enervating to read; I longed for our heroine to discover the duplicities around her, yet found myself frustrated as she went about her life with the devil's son growing in her stomach, unaware that her husband had sold her out for a film career and her ob-gyn (her downstairs doctor) was in on the conspiracy.

There are many things about this book that linger with me, things that I'm going to turn over in my hea...more

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Feb 09, 2011 Mariel rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition Recommends it for: I'm afraid of karma

Recommended to Mariel by: the movies

This is why I will never have children.

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Mar 13, 2012 Stefan rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

I would like to start of this review by posting a special NOTICE for folks who own this novel from THE STEPHEN KING HORROR LIBRARY and have not read the novel before. DO NOT read the forward by Stephen King until after you have read the novel. I love King. I love King's analysis and opinions on things. But this is the first time that I have read something written by Stephen King that made me want to punch the man in the face. I don't mean that literally of course, but it's the best way that I ca...more

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Oct 01, 2007 Amanda rated it 2 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Light reading to get you in the mood for Halloween. I didn't find it scary, though. I could stay up reading it late at night without getting the creeps or having weird dreams. It was even kind of funny, especially in the end when she looks in the bassinet and what she does afterward. Maybe it would have been scarier if I had read it back in the late 60's when it was written.

One thing that caught me off guard every time was how the author kept referring to the black elevator operator as "Negro bo...more

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Sep 29, 2012 Derrick rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: 2012read, fiction-american, e-books, horror

Fairly short pop novel about a satanic plan to hijack a woman's womb. Reads quickly. Levin didn't write literature, but he has a nice turn of phrase now and then. The book would probably be suspenseful, if I hadn't already seen the film. On that note, it's amazing how closely the film follows the book.

The idea that a secret coven of satanists could be conducting black masses in the apartment next door seems a bit silly today. But I grew up a Southern Baptist in the 1980's, and we took this stuf...more

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Dec 27, 2008 Chad rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: horror

I'd seen the film "Rosemary's Baby" many years ago, so before I cracked open the book, I already knew what it was about, and its 'shocking' ending. I remember the ending of the movie making me laugh out loud, not because it was too silly, but because it struck a perfect tone of absurdity and creepiness. As I started the novel, I was afraid know the ending would dampen my enjoyment of the read, but fortunately, Ira Levin employed such a deft touch in this work, that there is a sense of fun that k...more

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Mar 30, 2011 Craig rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: fiction, horror

I have mixed feelings about this review: to say the book is good will illict a response from either end of a spectrum: "Oh, he'll read ANYthing!" to "He must hate women!" Rather, I think Levin tapped into the struggle of various female identities against a growing resistance to their independence. Presenting that struggle in a satiric/ ironic vein is lost on some, and perhaps giving too much credit or thought to a plot that is not meant to change lives or solve global issues. It is meant to ente...more I have mixed feelings about this review: to say the book is good will illict a response from either end of a spectrum: "Oh, he'll read ANYthing!" to "He must hate women!" Rather, I think Levin tapped into the struggle of various female identities against a growing resistance to their independence. Presenting that struggle in a satiric/ ironic vein is lost on some, and perhaps giving too much credit or thought to a plot that is not meant to change lives or solve global issues. It is meant to entertain.

Rosemary is no Joanna Eberhardt; in fact, she is the anti-Joanna Eberhardt: Omaha-born & bred; lapsed-but-still-believing Catholic; happy and naive homemaker. Whether it's the unmagic of Disney or the allure of fame via Satan himself, these characters become crushed under the modernity that Levin critiques. While I know the sequel to this book is not looked upon favorably, I am curious to know what Levin would have seen as the contemporary effect of such life, given the Internet, 24-7 fame, and the like.

And to write that last paragraph, it makes it sound like anyone in this book is more than a 2D cartoon character. And they are not.... Everyone's motives are fairly non-existant: why is Rosemary distanced from her family? How is Guy convinced to begin worshipping Satan? Why can just any woman substitute for the bride of Satan? Why did the drug addict decide to off herself?

To ask such questions merely frustrates. Character is not what this book is about. It is about the build, sort of Hitchcock's notion that the story, or the turns that story takes (realistic or not), is irrelevant as long as the viewer (or, in this case, the reader) FEELS something. And Levin makes the reader feel the sense of dread looming as Rosemary begins to unravel the veils of mystery that have snapped tightly closed around her. Therein lies the books success. The fact that 2D Rosemary has no one to blame but herself in the tightening is simply a moot point in the reader's experience of it all.(less)

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Nov 22, 2007 Jessica Phillip rated it 2 of 5 stars · review of another edition Recommends it for: eh. . . people who liked the movie, I guess.

Shelves: horror

When published in 1967, Rosemary's Baby was one of the first contemporary horror novels to become a national bestseller. Ira Levin's second novel (he went on to write such fine thrillers as A Kiss Before Dying, The Stepford Wives, and The Boys from Brazil), Rosemary's Baby, remains perhaps his best work. The author's mainstream "this is how it really happened" style undeniably also made the novel his most widely imitated. The plot line is deceptively simple: What if you were a happily married yo...more

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Apr 15, 2013 (All Hail) Grimlock rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Subtle horror, with shades of The Yellow Wallpaper. What's most horrifying about this novel to me is how Rosemary's husband, and a doctor she tries to get to take care of her, turn on her, and pass off her fears as a pregnant woman getting all rabbity. The two men who should be helping her have sold her out, and seal her fate. The scene towards the end at the doctor's is the most chilling to me in all the book.

It's a slow buildup to the horror of Rosemary being raped by Satan and forced to have...more

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Oct 03, 2008 David rated it 4 of 5 stars

If you have managed to live this long without knowing how this book ends, read no further. Major spoilers are on the way!

This first 90% of this book is masterful. Ira Levin does a brilliant job, via a limited-omniscient narrative POV, of creating a feeling of paranoid claustrophobia as Rosemary Woodhouse becomes increasingly covinced that everyone around her (including her doctor and her husband) are plotting against her and her unborn baby. But then the last 10% of the book destroys it all. Whe...more

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Jan 13, 2009 Jennifer rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: oldies-but-goodies, adult-books

OMG, so scarily NORMAL! Like, "Oh, here's your new apartment, meet your new neighbors, and by the way, we worship Satan every other Wednesday. Hope you can make it!" Love it. Also a kick-ass NYC novel.

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Jan 26, 2009 Vincent Kaprat rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

This is a classic horror novel. What more can one say? ...The baby shower registry can be found at Hottopic.com.

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May 07, 2013 Lukas Kajokas rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Good. But wasted opportunity.

I liked the book. It is a really easy read and has essential components for a great and haunting horror storry. The creepy atmosphere is gradually building up, as the setting changes from an idyllic yet blank family life into a nightmare. The plot is suggesting suspions on everyone around and twists to doubt it. And it is reflecting the wicked human nature and its inner demons, showing that is impossible for a humane and morally innocent person to survive in this wor...more

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Feb 12, 2013 Jodi Clager rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

(I don't want to get all spoiler up in this bitch because I don't know who has seen the movie or read the book.) This book troubled me as a feminist in the way that Rosemary was treated and the ways that she reacted to those around her. Rosemary acquiesces to almost all of those around her, including her husband Guy and their neighbors the Castavets. Even when her friends, her instincts, and her own body are telling her that something is amiss, she ignores them in favor of Guy , Dr. Saperstein,...more

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Feb 11, 2013 Erin Cataldi rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: 2013

I've grown up my entire life hearing how scary the movie version of "Rosemary's Baby" is so I was really excited to give the novel a try. There's nothing more thrilling then being too terrified to fall asleep! I'm sad to say that the book didn't live up to my expectations. It just wasn't scary. Now don't get me wrong, it wasn't a bad book, in fact it was really compelling, it just didn't terrify me like I hoped it would. I set the bar a little too high on this one.

I got really into the novel ve...more

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Nov 25, 2012 Jonathan rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Rosemary and Guy move into the Bramford, an old and ornate building in Manhattan with a sinister history. She's 24 and longs to be a mother; he is an actor with wild ambition. They're in love so all seems well.

However, Guy's career is not taking off and he does not want a baby yet.

Rosemary and Guy meet Minnie and Roman, their neighbors. They're an older couple who sort of adopt the young couple. Yet, the reader gets the sense that there is something wrong with Minnie and Roman, something which i...more

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Nov 11, 2012 Danny Tyran rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: horror, mystery

Ira Levin's ROSEMARY'S BABY is a psychological horror novel about a young woman trapped in a Satanic nightmare. Levin's premise - that absolute horror can exist in the most mundane of environments - is one that many, many writers and filmmakers have capitalized on. But when the novel was first published, in 1967, it was groundbreaking.

Rosemary and Guy Woodhouse are attractive young New Yorkers who move into a gorgeous Victorian apartment building. They have everything going for them - Guy is an...more Ira Levin's ROSEMARY'S BABY is a psychological horror novel about a young woman trapped in a Satanic nightmare. Levin's premise - that absolute horror can exist in the most mundane of environments - is one that many, many writers and filmmakers have capitalized on. But when the novel was first published, in 1967, it was groundbreaking.

Rosemary and Guy Woodhouse are attractive young New Yorkers who move into a gorgeous Victorian apartment building. They have everything going for them - Guy is an up-and-coming actor, Rosemary is dreaming of having children, and their future looks bright. However when they meet Minnie and Roman Castevet, their elderly neighbors, everything changes. Very, very slowly, Rosemary is drawn into a modern-day nightmare that gradually closes around her, isolating her with a horror she can't even imagine.

The actual Satanic story will seem either silly or frightening, depending on your own belief in God and the Devil. Levin himself said he was not a believer - which means he never really accepted the religious implications of the baby we see in the novel's final chapter. The horror, however, isn't so much the titular baby, but what happens to Rosemary over the nine months of her pregnancy. She is introduced in the novel as a young woman with few ties to her family (she is estranged from her parents, who were neglectful, and from most of her older siblings, who are resentful), and even fewer ties to New York. She has one brother she feels close to (but whom she seldom sees), as well as an older gentleman (Hutch) who had befriended her when she first moved to NYC from Omaha. And she has her husband - gorgeous 33-year-old Guy who plans to be famous one day, whatever it takes. By the climactic scene when the baby is born, everyone Rosemary knows and has counted on - friends, family, and doctors - has either betrayed her, failed her, or been killed. She is alone in that final scene, which is the root of the novel's ultimate horror.

ROSEMARY'S BABY is a tightly written horror story that holds up well even after almost 50 years - Rosemary's plight is believable and real, even if you can't quite buy the baby. Levin seems to have a thing about really, really horrible husbands (check out A KISS BEFORE DYING, THE STEPFORD WIVES, and DEATHTRAP!). And don't miss the marvelous Roman Polanski film version of ROSEMARY'S BABY - it's absolutely wonderful. Overall, this is a highly recommended novel (and a great value on Kindle). (less)

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Oct 30, 2012 Sandi rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: 2012, horror, e-books

Here's the only review disclaimer you're going to get: I will not be concerning myself about spoilers here. This book is 45 years old and both it and the film adaptation are iconic works. If you don't know what Rosemary's baby is, don't read any further.

It's a bit odd reading a 45 year old book when you know the story but not the details. I've never read the book and have only seen fragments of the movie. One of the things I had to do was put it in the context of its time. Rosemary's Baby was pu...more Here's the only review disclaimer you're going to get: I will not be concerning myself about spoilers here. This book is 45 years old and both it and the film adaptation are iconic works. If you don't know what Rosemary's baby is, don't read any further.

It's a bit odd reading a 45 year old book when you know the story but not the details. I've never read the book and have only seen fragments of the movie. One of the things I had to do was put it in the context of its time. Rosemary's Baby was published in 1967 and the movie, directed by Roman Polanski, was released in 1968. This was before "The Exorcist", before Polanski's wife was murdered by Charles Manson, before "The Omen", before Woodstock, before Women's Liberation. Heck, it came out just as the U.S. was beginning to change in unimaginable ways. As a reader in 2012, I found it to be rather predictable and not very suspenseful or scary. However, that's probably just because it's such a cultural icon.

One of the things I rarely notice in old novels is sexism. I usually just chalk the way female characters act up to the times. However, I couldn't do that with this novel. Rosemary is a pretty unbearable stereotype of a young wife. She doesn't have a life outside of her marriage to Guy. Her world revolves around him and their home. They have friends, but she allows herself to be cut off from them. She's also pretty damn stupid. Her friend Hutch warns her of the terrible things that have happened at the apartment building she wants to move to, but she ignores his warnings and moves in anyway. Then, she ignores the weird things that begin happening. Hello? Doesn't ritualistic chanting coming out of your neighbor's apartment worry you? Doesn't it scare you when a cheerful young woman you've just met ends up splatted on the sidewalk? You're just going to accept a gift of the same stinky necklace worn by the dead woman without finding out what the hell tannis is? Seriously?

Another thing that really jumped out at me was the antisemitism. Rosemary's obstetrician is Jewish and several comments were made relating his character to his race. Was that even okay in 1967? Levin sure made it seem these characteristics were simple facts. I also found it jarring to see people called "Negroes". It's not that the word was used as a description like we'd use black or African-American today. Instead, it was used to sum up an entire person. And, none of the main characters was a "Negro". Nope, the "Negroes" where characters like the elevator operator. I was born in 1961 and I don't ever remember "Negro" being used in conversation. The only place I ever saw it was on forms that asked for your race and the races were listed as Caucasian, Negro and Oriental. Oh, and on old cop shows where a suspect would be described as either a Caucasian or a Negro. The assumed racism just really bothered me and it's not anything that I usually notice.

So based on what I've written so far, why would I give
Rosemary's Baby even as much as 3 stars? Well, it did keep me turning the pages. And, I was really touched by the ending. I didn't expect to be touched because the ending is supposed to be horrific, but it wasn't. (less)

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Oct 16, 2012 Becky rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: horror, best-cover-art, seasonal

I have to state that I love the cover, or the cover they used for my edition. It’s perfect.

On to the actual review:

This was my first Levin novel, and I only picked it up as part of my October 2012-horror celebration. The book isn’t really a horror novel, but it is creepy, and it was perfect for Halloween. I loved how Levin walked us through Rosemary’s day, we saw all the normal, we helped pick out wallpaper and carpet, watched her try and adjust to married life… and the constant attack of normal...more

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Sep 24, 2012 Beth rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

For me, seeing the movie first robbed me of my ability to assess if Ira Levin built tension and suspense really well in this novel. I know that it existed in the film (and brilliantly so). I'm a firm believer that the book is usually better than the movie. I don't know that I can render a judgement on that either since the movie was so vivid in my mind as I read the novel. Both are chilling and creepy and seem to speak to greater themes than just the coven of Satan worshipping witches down the h...more

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Jul 15, 2012 M. C. rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

This popped up as a deal on Kindle, and as a longtime Stephen King fan, I thought, why not? I read it in about three hours -- it reads like a rocket -- and I was getting fairly creeped out at points. Levin ratchets up the tension and paranoia within such normal settings and among such seemingly normal people that I really wished I could just go over to Rosemary's apartment and get her the heck out of there. He also has a knack with the whole Chekhov's gun idea -- multiple seemingly small, irrele...more

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Jun 30, 2012 Una rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition Recommends it for: people who have nice neighbors

Shelves: klasika

Laba ideja, pienācīgi izpildīta. Tā kā es nojautu tik daudz vairāk par nabaga Rozmariju, tad pavadīju gandrīz visu grāmatu, dusmojoties uz viņu par to, ka neredz briesmu signālus, kas man likās acīmredzami, visuresoši un diezgan banāli -- kas zina, varbūt 60. gados tie bija netieši, smalki un oriģināli. Liels atvieglojums, kad viņa sāka saprast, kas notiek, jo beidzot nebija jājūt, ka galvenais varonis fatāli stulbs - kaut gan tajā ir savs šaušalu paveids: gribas viņai kliegt, lai uzmanās, bet...more

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May 03, 2012 Jonathan Briggs rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

"Rosemary's Baby," child of the '60s, is an interesting contrast to the more visceral horror stories of today. As a thriller, it could be considered kind of a dud. There are ominous hints and sinister suggestions amid all the novel's proto-yuppie society gatherings, but really, nothing much happens up until the "shock" ending, which is frankly laughable. Thanx to pop culture osmosis, there's not a surprise to be had in the novel. Even if you've never read it or never seen the movie, chances are...more

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Nov 03, 2011 Wendy rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Halloween’s over, but if you’re still looking for a scare you might want to dust off a copy of “Rosemary’s Baby.”
This story sets the scary meter — if someone tells you a book worse than Rosemary’s Baby, then you’d better turn the lights on, all of them, because you’re in for a thrill.
Rosemary’s Baby starts with a young couple, Rosemary and Guy Woodhouse, who can’t believe their luck when a unit opens up at the up-scale Bramford building in New York City. Nevermind that Rosemary’s friend warns he...more

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Oct 01, 2011 Keldy Zabriskie rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Ira Levin, you've created a masterpiece in horror.

In a story not only of witchcraft and satanism, but of extreme betrayal, my interest grew with every turning page. A feeling of suspense thick and palpable enough for a reader to feel in the isolated comfort of a library rose in a steady, jaw-grinding, knuckle-clenching pace. Plentiful, obscure glances at satanic rites and black Sabbaths gripped me and pulled me further and further into the book's grotesque and frighteningly obscene world. Writte...more

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Jul 19, 2011 Nicole rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Last night when I finished reading this book, I probably would have given it 3 stars. It was a definite page turner for me; I read it in less than two days. I read it in bed, on the couch, on the carpet while I was babysitting, on a blanket on the grass, on a towel by a volleyball court, and on a picnic blanket next to the pool. On my back, sitting up, on my stomach, standing in line, everywhere I was reading this book. It was totally engrossing for me, very easy to read. The end was pretty unde...more Last night when I finished reading this book, I probably would have given it 3 stars. It was a definite page turner for me; I read it in less than two days. I read it in bed, on the couch, on the carpet while I was babysitting, on a blanket on the grass, on a towel by a volleyball court, and on a picnic blanket next to the pool. On my back, sitting up, on my stomach, standing in line, everywhere I was reading this book. It was totally engrossing for me, very easy to read. The end was pretty underwhelming last night. I finished the book and thought, "Huh." I put it down and came out to the living room to watch the film "Rosemary's Baby." I hadn't seen it in so long, I barely remembered much of the plot.

I'm going to talk about the end of the book soon, so please stop reading if you're like me and believe suspense is at least half the enjoyment of life. Last night when it was finished I told my fiance that the book was okay, that I enjoyed it, and that I didn't think it would scare him. I also told him it might not be worth reading. But, today I've been thinking of it some more, and it has become much more eery to me. Near the beginning of the book, Rosemary is warned by her friend Hutch about the many creepy things that have happened at the Bramford. He tells her of a particular incident in which a dead baby was found wrapped in newspaper in the laundry room. This is such a sick, disturbing image, and it never left my mind throughout the book. When Rosemary frequents the laundry room, that story stuck with her, and me. But I think it served as a sort of foreshadowing, something possibly meant to be inferred by the reader when the book is over. And what I mean is this:
Rosemary, in the end, discovers that she has given birth to the son of Satan. She decides to love him and to raise him the best that she can. I think this reaction is what made the end so underwhelming for me; she gave in so quickly. Today I began to think more about what that would be like for her, to raise a child who is half evil. And this is where the foreshadowing comes in for me. I believe we are meant to assume that Rosemary DOES give it her all, tries to raise and love this baby as if he were normal, but within the first year of his life she will fail. I think eventually he, too, will be a dead baby wrapped in newspaper in the basement. (less)

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Jun 08, 2011 Carolina Dean rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Rosemary’s Baby centers on a young woman named Rosemary and her experiences living in an old Gothic New York apartment complex with Guy, her struggling actor husband. Before moving into the Bramford, as it is called, they are warned by Hutch (a family friend) about the strange history of the building which includes a high incidence of cannibalism, murder, and witchcraft.

Despite the disturbing history of the Bramford, the couple decides to move into the Bramford and are quickly befriended by thei...more Rosemary’s Baby centers on a young woman named Rosemary and her experiences living in an old Gothic New York apartment complex with Guy, her struggling actor husband. Before moving into the Bramford, as it is called, they are warned by Hutch (a family friend) about the strange history of the building which includes a high incidence of cannibalism, murder, and witchcraft.

Despite the disturbing history of the Bramford, the couple decides to move into the Bramford and are quickly befriended by their eccentric neighbors Roman and Minnie Castevet. Though Rosemary wants to have children, Guy would rather wait until he is more successful in his chosen career. Over the course of the story, Guy becomes increasingly attached to the Castevets whereas Rosemary finds their attention somewhat meddlesome and suffocating.

Guy’s career begins to take off after his rival for a small but important part in a play is struck blind and he agrees to conceive a child with Rosemary. Guy and Rosemary plan to attempt to conceive after a romantic dinner one night. However, Rosemary mysteriously passes out shortly after dinner and what follows is a surreal dream which causes Rosemary to question her reality. Shortly thereafter, Rosemary learns that she is pregnant

Several weeks go by whereupon Guy becomes increasingly distant to Rosemary, while she becomes more and more isolated in her apartment with only the Castevets for support. Several weeks pass and Hutch pays Rosemary a visit while Guy is out. Hutch is noticeably alarmed at Rosemary’s change in appearance and through his conversation with her becomes suspicious of Roman and Minnie.

Rosemary receives a warning from Hutch before he falls strangely ill and later dies. She follows the clues left behind by Hutch and confirms her suspicions that the Castevets lead a coven of satanic witches and believes that they intend to sacrifice her child to the devil. What follows is Rosemary’s attempts to protect her child and convince the world that not only do witches exist and are in league with Satan, but they are also after her unborn child.

Truth being stranger than fiction, after the birth of her child, Rosemary discovers to her horror the coven’s true reason for desiring the baby. Though the book’s plot is rather infamous now, owning to the faithful adaptation of the movie and its success, the ending presents a twist of apocalyptic proportions.

At roughly 250 pages Rosemary’s Baby is a quick read. Some characters are more fleshed out than others, with only a minimal back story. The plot is simple and quite compact, albeit somewhat slow at times. Told from Rosemary’s point of view, the plot keeps you guessing as she attempts to unravel the central mystery and the reader often wonders if she has been driven mad by her raging hormones? (less)

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Jan 16, 2011 Bryce rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

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Oct 16, 2010 Lisa (Harmonybites) rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition Recommends it for: Horror Fans

Recommended to Lisa (Harmonybites) by: The Complete Idiot's Guide to the Ultimate Reading List

Shelves: contemporary, fantasy, ultimate-reading-list, horror, novels, fiction

Having seen the film might taint my judgment and enjoyment of this novel, and certainly cut any factor of suspense. Despite that, I did enjoy the book, partly for it's look at my neighborhood, New York City's Upper West Side, in the mid 1960s. Although in 2010 it's much harder to see witches as evil satanists rather than good-hearted New Age Pagans than it would have been when it was published in 1967, the book doesn't feel dated.

I think this is one of the cases where the film is better than th...more

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Mar 23, 2010 astried rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: 2010

For me it's not scary in horror sense like the Ring or something that creeps in in the middle of the night. For me it's scary how her husband could do this to her. I suppose I'm naive and all, but seeing how such a normal young marriage gone the drain got me to thinking. Would a man sell his wife for his career gain? Granted, as written by Levin, she suspects he only married her to have a girl that adore and worship him. But still, wouldn't what he have done require at least a bit of malicious i...more

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Levin graduated from the Horace Mann School and New York University, where he majored in philosophy and English.

After college, he wrote training films and scripts for television.

Levin's first produced play was No Time for Sergeants (adapted from Mac Hyman's novel), a comedy about a hillbilly drafted into the United States Air Force that launched the career of Andy Griffith. The play was turned int...more

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