Read it for the first time recently. I knew the general plot and scenes from the movie, so I was generally aware what was about to happen. Still, this is very well written imo. I loved the way this is written. Masterful story-telling.
I like how little creepy details are inserted into the plot from the beginning to ramp up the suspense. The conception scene is rough, not the surreal dream like scene itself but the aftermath where it's presented to the reader like, well she was passed out and he was horny, so there you go and it's okay for all involved, her included.
The surreal dream like sequences are masterfully done as well.
Only at the end the novel gets a bit weaker, imo. While the ending scene from the movie with Mia Farrow, knife in hand, staring into the cradle full of horror is probably the most iconic, in the book the deus ex machina starts to rattle at this point.
Don't want to spoiler but she goes from horror to the will to fight to acceptance in the span of like three minutes lol so that everyone can happily hail Satan.
Dope book, recommended. Ira Levin could fucking write.
by Rattlesnake_Mullet