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tipp_njam's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
I felt a lot of things throughout the book, like unhappiness etc but I was never mad about it, everything seemed to have a purpose.
Rosemary as a character was super annoying but her passiveness was something that made the novel feel more interesting because you get to see how easily she gives up on her resolve in favour of her idealistic desires of family/life/her future.
Overall, I really enjoyed this read (despite everything) and it was quite horrifying.
Graphic: Body horror, Miscarriage, Rape, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, and Pregnancy
Minor: Death and Drug abuse
thatgirlinblack's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
The foreboding grows in this tale of a couple making a new home and family in a storied New York apartment. As an introverted millennial survivor of the Covid-19 quarantines of the 2020’s and onward, I’d suggest the first real horror is having over-“friendly” neighbors unexpectedly drop in and stay however long they fancy 😛
But things quickly get very serious when Rosemary suffers a rape. Thereafter she is with child and the weirdness just ramps up to 11, with smelly flowers tucked into a necklace, yucky green smoothies, concerningly mysterious deaths, a book on witchcraft, and most annoyingly, Rosemary’s husband NOT being on her side. She feels crazy, as one would with her neighbors, doctor, and husband telling her she is. That’s the biggest nightmare—that she can’t trust her own husband. Men continue to be the biggest threat to women smh.
Perhaps because it’s one of the earlier witchcraft/satanism horror books that have recently permeated the genre, the march to the inevitable simply plods onward to doom. The ending is picture-perfectly horrific: a mother amidst the fallout of her life in shambles.
Moderate: Rape
Minor: Death
Rosemary’s husbandcamischroeder's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Homophobia, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, and Pregnancy
Moderate: Body horror, Child abuse, and Death
mockingjayx16's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.75
Graphic: Death, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicide, Toxic relationship, and Gaslighting
Moderate: Body shaming, Racism, Cannibalism, Religious bigotry, Murder, and Pregnancy
Minor: Homophobia and Racial slurs
automatic_rae's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.0
Graphic: Body horror, Emotional abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Medical content, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, and Toxic friendship
Moderate: Death, Mental illness, and Suicide
b00murded's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.5
Graphic: Emotional abuse, Infertility, Misogyny, Rape, Suicide, Kidnapping, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, and Alcohol
Moderate: Death, Grief, and Murder
Minor: Confinement and Abortion
thegayestghost's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
Graphic: Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Rape, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Pregnancy, and Gaslighting
Moderate: Homophobia and Racism
Minor: Vomit
vbarsi's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.5
Graphic: Pregnancy
Moderate: Death, Rape, Sexual violence, Suicide, Medical content, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail
carlytenille's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
Graphic: Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Rape, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Blood, Religious bigotry, Murder, Pregnancy, and Gaslighting
bdingz's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.75
The real horror story here is medical gaslighting!
Graphic: Rape, Pregnancy, and Gaslighting
Moderate: Confinement, Blood, and Kidnapping
Minor: Ableism, Death, Homophobia, Racism, Vomit, and Religious bigotry