The Stepford Wives by Ira Levin, Peter Straub Summary and Reviews
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Book Reviews of The Stepford Wives
Book Review: A real thriller
Summary: 4 Stars
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. 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.Book Review: A scary story
Summary: 4 Stars
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.
Book Review: A small novel with a big impact...
Summary: 4 Stars
The Stepford Wives is a funny novel - everybody knows of it, most people have seen the movies, either the old version or the newer version, and some poor people have even heard of The Stepford Husbands, a movie which was a spin off of the older version. Even the term, The Stepford Wife, has entered our language.
Yet how many have read the book? At only about 123 pages it doesn't take that long to absorb.
It is interesting to watch the world unfold from the point of view of the main character, Joanna Eberhart, and to see it as a mirror image of our society. After a few chapters you start to wonder if you are seeing the town as it is or as Joanna sees it. Is her reality cracking or is she really in danger? Is this science gone crazy? Is this culture sucking in the new comers and changing them? Or is this the beautiful American dream, the final goal of having a ideal family, the stable and stale happiness that all people wish for?
Get it used or new. Read it at least once.
Book Review: A story about human robots
Summary: 3 Stars
"Stepford wives" from Ira Levin. I have read the book at school and I must say that this book is quite easy to understand, but I don't like the story of the book, because I don't like science fiction. And "Stepford Wives" is a kind of science fiction. The end of the book was a bit difficult to understand. In the book there are a lot of boring parts. It's a book which you cannot take seriously.Book Review: A thriller about a disputed subject
Summary: 4 Stars
The central figure is Joanna Eberhart. She personifies the perfect woman of the early seventies. And for that she also has her own desires and wishes, to the great disappointment of her husband. After the family moved to the new rural town of Stepford something really strange happens: All the wives in Stepford are just interested in housework and do exactly what their husbands, or rather masters, want from them. Joanna can't believe it and her friend Bobby Markow has the same opinion. Together they search a reason for the strange manner of acting of the Stepford wives. But after a weekend of Bobby and her husband alone, she turned to a typical Stepford woman. What will happen to Joanna?For me it was a little bit difficult because I'm not very good at English.
It is an unreal but thrilling story. You have no idea what has happened to all the Stepford wives.