Three By Ira Levin: Rosemary's Baby / This Perfect Day / The Stepford Wives

by levin-ira

1 HARDCOVER BOOK WITH DUST COVER

Genres: Horror

485 pages, Hardcover

Published January 1, 1985

Reviews

[chon · Rating 4 out of 5]

I feel that Levin (in this collection at least) has a preoccupation with the danger and complexity of women in a paradoxically simple society. As if there's a fear in sexuality and desire that can erupt with resonance and possible vengeance.

I mean this in a wholly positive way. Have you ever had someone who was absolutely beautiful to behold in such a way that you wanted to objectify them; only to feel guilt in that this brutal instinct is too grotesque for 'civilisation'?

Levin deals with vulnerability, innocence and the ever presence of carnal instinct in a simple and vivid way. I felt dissonances with some protagonists, but rooted for them to the very end.

[Darlene Vendegna · Rating 5 out of 5]

This Perfect Day was a book I read decades ago and it still comes to my mind at least once a week. Dystopian future with an engaging young protagonist. Much of the futuristic technology in this story is common usage today.

[Debra Arndt · Rating 5 out of 5]

The Stepford Wives is my favorite fiction book EVER. It's hard to believe a man wrote it and hit the nail on the head.
I love Rosemary's Baby and This Perfect Day. Ira Levin never disappoints me.

[Kurbycat · Rating 3 out of 5]

This perfect day...hopelessness + anxiety + well power = the courage to question and challenge. Nothing is impossible. 5 stars.
Stepford Wives - just pissed me off. 3 stars. Read it because of the author.

[Craig Bolton]

Three: by Ira Levin by Ira Levin (1986)