Rosemary's Baby

Pi reviewed Rosemary's Baby by Ira Levin

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

3 stars

creo que me pasó un poco como con [b:La Fundación|1294649|La Fundación|Antonio Buero Vallejo|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1613733083l/1294649.SY75.jpg|1283765]: ya me sabía el plot twist grande, así que no me sorprendió y ya me veía venir varias cosas. igualmente fue una lectura interesante y recomendable, especialmente si no se sabe mucho del libro de antes. si tener hijos de forma biológica es algo que tienes planeado hacer, eres una persona hipocondríaca y/o has tenido malas experiencias en el sistema médico, definitivamente verás lo perturbadora que es esta historia.

algo que me parece muy mal es que apenas encuentro a gente hablando del libro hoy en día (aún a veces alguien habla de la peli, pero Roman Polanski

Cheri reviewed Rosemary's Baby by Ira Levin

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

4 stars

I've changed my rating twice while typing out this review... My first thought was that I wanted to like it more than I did. I mean, the beginning was slow and boring but once it got going, I couldn't stop listening. Yes, it's from the 60s so there were plenty of patting the nice, young woman on the head and the husband laying down the law, and racist descriptions, of course.

Rosemary ended up being much stronger than I figured she would be. Sort of. I mean, until the very end. I need to live with the story a bit more. I won't lie, I'm tempted to read the next book in the series.

I listened to the Audible version and the sound quality left a lot to be desired. Mia Farrow's acting and voices were good but it sounded like it was recorded a few decades ago. How about …

I've changed my rating twice while typing out this review... My first thought was that I wanted to like it more than I did. I mean, the beginning was slow and boring but once it got going, I couldn't stop listening. Yes, it's from the 60s so there were plenty of patting the nice, young woman on the head and the husband laying down the law, and racist descriptions, of course.

Rosemary ended up being much stronger than I figured she would be. Sort of. I mean, until the very end. I need to live with the story a bit more. I won't lie, I'm tempted to read the next book in the series.

I listened to the Audible version and the sound quality left a lot to be desired. Mia Farrow's acting and voices were good but it sounded like it was recorded a few decades ago. How about some clean up there, Audible?

Now I need to watch the movie because I don't remember anything about it at all.

Slippy

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Jan. 19, 2011

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