I saw the reviews on this. I kinda dreaded getting into it, but I got the damn book for free, so I thought, hey, let's give it a go. It's Ira freaking Levin, so how bad can it be, right?

Bad. It can be really bad.

This reads like the entire thing was truncated, or badly condensed, and they kept only the boring parts. There's so many opportunities to explore some emotional depth that are simply blown right by. Instead, the reader gets a brisk run through of corporate meetings, marketing strategy meetings, business meetings, catch up meetings...meetings.

Nothing of any consequence occurs until about the halfway, then nothing until the very end of the book. In between, we're treated to the dullest non-horror a horror novel could ever produce.

And this fact? This is the real horror of this novel. It just sits there and does nothing...but, wait! Is the reader rewarded for their patience at wading through this mess?

No, they truly are not. Instead, the last few pages grabs the reader and slaps them around for their stupidity in sticking with the book that long.

Don't believe me? Read it and tell me I'm wrong. ( )

Sequel to Rosemary's Baby is a completely different type of book and I assume this was (is?) the reason why many people are not liking it. Unlike first book that concentrated on the small number of people and spooky location this book is concentrated on Rosemary, the mother and Andy, the son (half human and you know, half.... devil, not unlike Hellboy but with ability to better blend in). Again this is not slasher novel, there are weird accidents and deaths but what we do have is very slowly brewing story (that reads exquisitely fast) where we follow Rosemary constantly in fear and asking herself "What if?" while aware that she cannot trust anyone because if she tells them what she knows she would end up in mental hospital in express manner.

Rosemary knows what her son is but she is still his mother and she tries very hard to keep her faith in him. And Andy is like every superhuman out there, quite capable and aware of his powers and on the surface he seems to try to actually help but can he be trusted(and his feelings towards mother don't help with Andy being seen as ... a regular son I guess).

Ending is a true twist (in more ways than one) but I would not agree that it is bad. For me it is in spirit of first novel - Rosemary gets to live through Groundhog Day of her own. She is selected by someone (something?) to participate in the looong chess game and she might be unwilling pawn.

Recommended to horror fans. ( )

Not as good as the first imo....but, still a decent read! ( )

Terrible, just terrible. Not only was it poorly written, it was completely unnecessary! I can't even believe the same author wrote both of these books! AND, the end of this book basically ruins the first book! WTF? I'm just going to pretend I never read this. Maybe Satan could take me back in time... ( )

For some reason I wanted to re-read this. Again the book shows choppy sequences, an annoying Rosemary who becomes irritating with how much she wants to embrace fame, and a terrible ending - but it does have something in the beginning and middle that draws me in a bit. Full review posted on another read/reviewed edition ( )