Son of Rosemary
Author: Ira Levin

The sequel to the New York Times bestseller Rosemary's Baby: a thrilling, cautionary tale of the troubling forces that war within each of us. The modern master of suspense Ira Levin returns to the horror of his 1967 ground-breaking novel Rosemary's Baby with this darkly comic sequel set at the dawn of the millennium. Thirty-three years ago, Rosemary gave birth to the Devil's child while under the control of a satanic cult of witches. Now the year is 1999, and humanity dreads the approaching twenty-first century, desperately in search of a savior for this troubled world. in New York City, rosemary's son Andy is believed to be that savior. But is he the force of good his followers accept him to be? Or is he his father's son? Rosemary and Andy will be reunited in a battle of wills that shall decide the fate of humanity?and keep readers on the edge of the seats until the final page. .

I read Rosemary's Baby not long after it first came out in 1967. I then saw the movie version starring Mia Farrow when it was first released in 1968. I've always considered both the book and the movie as the top of the heap for horror stories.



Since then, I have read all of Levin's other novels including A Kiss Before Dying, This Perfect Day, The Stepford Wives, The Boys from Brazil, and Sliver. I enjoyed most all of these, some more than others, and finally got around to reading Levin's last novel, Son of Rosemary. I had been putting this one off mainly because of the poor reviews that I had read about it.

Well, it definitely was not on a par with his other novels, especially Rosemary's Baby. In this sequel, Rosemary has been in a coma for 27 years that occurred at the behest of the coven of witches that were instrumental in the first book. When she comes out of the coma in 1999, her son Andy is the head of an international organization called "God's Children" (GC). Most everyone on earth considers him charismatic and inspirational and the leader of a movement to bring mankind together in peace. He resembles Christ with long hair and a beard and people wear pins that say "I ❤️ Andy". So what are Andy's and GC's real motivations? They are instrumental in an event planned for New Year's Eve 2000 where everyone on Earth will light candles at the same time. So what are the consequences of this?

I won't spoil the ending to this one but it was very disappointing! And overall, the book just wasn't up to par with Levin's other novels. I read this one because it was the only novel of his that I hadn't read and now I'm thinking I shouldn't have bothered.

Welcome to BookCrossing!

Please make a journal entry to let me know that this book has been caught so I know that it has found a good home with you. If you are new to BookCrossing, please consider joining and indicate that you were referred by perryfran. I hope that you enjoy the book. You can make another journal entry with your comments when you are done reading.

Then, whenever you are ready to send it on its way, make a release note to show where the book was released. Then watch its journey. You’ll be alerted by e-mail each time someone makes another journal entry. And it’s confidential (you are known only by your screen name and no one is ever given your e-mail address), free, and spam-free.

I hope that you will enjoy the BookCrossing experience!

Received a wonderfully scary box of books from perryfran as a RABCK! Can hardly wait to get started on them. This ought to keep my mind off of what's going on in the world! Thanks perryfran!

I read Rosesmary's Baby in high school. It was scary then......

What a disappointment! Not sure why he wasted his time writing this one. And I have loved his other books.

Dropping off at my favorite Little Free Library.