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Love all of Levin's books!!!
This book never really hit home for me until I moved from new York to a small town in Connecticut---one that just happened to be a few miles from where Ira Levin lived at the time he wrote this book. And it is for this reason that I "connected" with it, for it is a most thrilling story about a family that moves from the hustle and bustle of New York, to Stepford a quiet suburb on the outer rim of the city. It was many years ago when I initially read the book, and now, revisiting it, it has all the more meaning for me. The Author drops subtle hints about the real sinister nature of Stepford. The women in Stepford appear to be a mans dream, always looking amazing, keeping the house immaculate, and cooking to their husband's delight. Joanna quickly finds out that the men's association are behind it all but is she quick enough? A short and surprising end that gives you few details but still leaves you with the horror of the story. I'm usually one to stick with a tried and true bestseller like "Da Vinci" or "Bark of the Dogwood" but decided to go back and read this one instead. Glad I did.

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A scary story
I found this book very interesting. The Stepford Wives was the first book that I have read written by Ira Levin. He has really impressed me. Joanna, her husband and her two children move from the city in a small town, where the wives are all beautiful, nice and addicted to housework. Joanna is a modern, independent woman and she wants to motivate the other women to set up a women association. The story sounds so normal and the unbelievable coincidences are well integrate and you don't notice it so fast. But when you to notice what's going on, you understand the Joanna's fears and terror and you sympathize with her. The end is the only thing, that I didn't enjoy. It hasn't convinced me and I think it's very unbelievable. But you have to know that I enjoy a happy ending very much!
I just can recommend it and you will not be disappointed.

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Horror-fied
I was dying-haha-to know what happened to the main character after seeing all those commercials with Nichole Kidman leaping back from that robot of herself. "Did that really happen? Is that really a story?" Coming from the man who wrote, "Rosemary's Baby" anything is possible. Its quite short and quite disturbing. After finishing the story, I didn't want to turn out the light. But nothing was going to get me! It wasn't the same horror as a classic horror movie, slash and trash the girl... It was almost like a "threatening" horror.
What would happen if women lost everything---what if it were all taken away and replaced with what your husband and children want as a wife and mother? It makes me think about how central a womans role is in her household....the whole story makes me think---totally! Disturbing, very disturbing. I can't help but wonder what a man would feel and say about this, or a woman who has grown children and a lifelong relationship with her husband. Would these people feel powerless, unsettled? Or just creeped out with a smile on their face? Whatever the feeling, the marvelous and unusual feeling, this story evokes these strongly in me. It was published the year I was born....