Reviews tagging 'Alcohol'

Rosemary's Baby by Ira Levin

6 reviews

b00murded's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense slow-paced

• 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Rape, Infertility, Kidnapping, Misogyny, Pregnancy, Alcohol, Emotional abuse, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Grief, Death, and Murder

Minor: Abortion and Confinement

coco78337's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Homophobia, Pregnancy, Racism, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Suicide, Death, Rape, Violence, Body shaming, Gaslighting, and Grief

Minor: Cursing, Toxic friendship, and Miscarriage

rumade's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.75

Probably one of the first explorations of pregnancy as a horrifying experience and the alienation and pain that can come with it. Rosemary is a likeable character and easy to root for- a normal Midwestern girl almost estranged from her huge Catholic family back in Omaha as she lives with her WASP husband in New York and longs for a baby. I wish I could have read this without knowing the premise; so I could feel the tension build up more and more. Even if you roughly know the story, it's worth a read. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape and Suicide

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Racial slurs, Mental illness, Gaslighting, Vomit, Pregnancy, Panic attacks/disorders, and Medical trauma

Minor: Blood, Addiction, Abortion, Child death, and Alcohol

There is a scene where a husband is very dismissive of him raping his wife the night before when she was passed out drunk

draconia's review

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gaslighting, Medical trauma, Terminal illness, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Alcohol, Rape, Sexual assault, Confinement, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Racism, Vomit, Homophobia, and Racial slurs

mfrisk's review

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

I watched the movie before reading the book but honestly that kind of works in this case given how closely they mirror each other and being able to back the reading experience with visuals. I quite enjoyed this read and look forward to the sequel too. This was a quick read which I really enjoyed delving into given my love of the movie. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Racism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Homophobia

Moderate: Pregnancy, Alcohol, Death, Grief, Murder, Gaslighting, and Sexism

Minor: Abortion

scarlettreadsbooks's review

dark funny mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror and Pregnancy

Moderate: Confinement, Death, Drug use, Gaslighting, Gore, Grief, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Medical content, Murder, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Toxic friendship, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Child death, Alcohol, and Blood