GracieKat's Reviews > Son of Rosemary

I was so excited to finally see a sequel to Rosemary's Baby that I actually went out and bought it in a hardcover, thinking it would be well worth the money,

Silly me.

I have no idea where to even start with this book. Should I start with the tremendously tedious plot? Go on to the boredom of reading it? Or maybe I should begin with the supremely idiotic ending. His writing seems to be way off from his tightly paced writing of Rosemary's Baby and The Stepford Wives. Son of Rosemary was a bit longer and meandered all over the place. None of the side characters were fleshed out very much and given the book's length I found it very disappointing. In Rosemary's Baby and The Stepford Wives all of the characters had their own personality, motives and, well, character, even though they were fairly short books. I just got the feeling throughout the book that Levin was doing it for the fans that were clamoring for a sequel and this was his revenge for us wanting more I guess.

I felt so cheated by this book it isn't even funny. It's hard to say more without revealing the big "surprise" of the ending but suffuce it to say, if you loved Rosemary's Baby do not read this book. Don't say I didn't warn you.