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I don't know what it is about Levin's writing, but this and Rosemary's Baby are like rice cakes: you keep chewing because you're hungry, but they taste like styrofoam. It's a pity, because the stories are actually interesting.
In Stepford, a lot of the horror comes from the eerie perfection that the wives are striving to uphold. Nobody's that perfect, right? Must be exhausting to constantly keep up a smile and the demeanor of a pretty but vacuous doll. No dreams, no ambition, no genuine connectio ...more
In Stepford, a lot of the horror comes from the eerie perfection that the wives are striving to uphold. Nobody's that perfect, right? Must be exhausting to constantly keep up a smile and the demeanor of a pretty but vacuous doll. No dreams, no ambition, no genuine connectio ...more
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Nadine in NY Jones
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Seriously why haven’t I read this yet. I should read it back to back with Valley of the Dolls.
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I saw the movie in the 1980s and was totally crept out by it. It is still the second most frightening movie I know. I've not seen it since (and don't want to: too scary -- I'm not a horror person) but it haunts my memory. The script of the 1975 film was by the wonderful William Goldman, based on the 1972 novel by Ira Levin. The prose is almost all show, no tell - very stark, with sparse description and much dialogue, and also much description of day-to-day activities which, given the context of
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4.5* Dang! That was great.
If you steer clear of horror like I do, FYI - It reads as a suspense thriller, not horror.
If you steer clear of horror like I do, FYI - It reads as a suspense thriller, not horror.
What a brilliant satire! Economy of words seems to be Levin's forte.
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