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Ira Levin: Rosemary's Baby (1967, Signet) 4 stars

She is a housewife—young, healthy, blissfully happy. He is an actor—charismatic and ambitious. The spacious, …

Review of "Rosemary's Baby" on 'Goodreads'

4 stars

Very satisfying domestic horror. Not sure if this is a problem or an asset, but there's such a wide gap between what the reader knows (or thinks he knows -- but, yeah, pretty much knows, based on the slightest second-hand knowledge of the plot) and what Rosemary knows, at times one gets overpowered by exasperation at her incuriosity and inability to pick up a clue. Nevertheless: HAIL IRA LEVIN! HAIL SATAN!