Matthew Merkovich reviewed Son of Rosemary by Ira Levin (Rosemary's Baby, #2)
Review of 'Son of Rosemary' on 'Goodreads'
1 star
“I feel guilty that 'Rosemary's Baby' led to The Exorcist, The Omen. A whole generation has been exposed, has more belief in Satan. I don't believe in Satan. And I feel that the strong fundamentalism we have would not be as strong if there hadn't been so many of these books [...] Of course, I didn't send back any of the royalty checks."
Ira Levin, author of ROSEMARY'S BABY
Knowing that quote going in, I thought I’d like this book in the same way I loved Robert Bloch’s sequel to PSYCHO. The movie studio not involving Bloch in the writing of PSYCHO’s sequel sent him into such a fervor that his book became a scathing satire of Hollywood. Ira Levin, on the other hand, wrote a dud of a book when he wrote this dreck. SON OF ROSEMARY doesn’t even feel like he wrote it. It’s an awful book by …
“I feel guilty that 'Rosemary's Baby' led to The Exorcist, The Omen. A whole generation has been exposed, has more belief in Satan. I don't believe in Satan. And I feel that the strong fundamentalism we have would not be as strong if there hadn't been so many of these books [...] Of course, I didn't send back any of the royalty checks."
Ira Levin, author of ROSEMARY'S BABY
Knowing that quote going in, I thought I’d like this book in the same way I loved Robert Bloch’s sequel to PSYCHO. The movie studio not involving Bloch in the writing of PSYCHO’s sequel sent him into such a fervor that his book became a scathing satire of Hollywood. Ira Levin, on the other hand, wrote a dud of a book when he wrote this dreck. SON OF ROSEMARY doesn’t even feel like he wrote it. It’s an awful book by an otherwise great writer.
