The Stepford Wives by Ira Levin, Peter Straub
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Book Summary Author: Ira Levin, Peter Straub Edition: Paperback Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published) Published: 2002-07-23 ISBN: 0060080841 Number of pages: 144 Publisher: William Morrow Paperbacks |
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Book Reviews of the The Stepford Wives
Customer Review: NOT Feminist commentary as widely perceived!
Summary: 2 Stars
If you find a story about mindless chatter, housework and male chauvanism to be fascinating then this book is for you. I picked this book up out of curiosity over how the term "Stepford Wife" became such a popular expression in American vernacular. Correct me if I'm wrong, but the story was always perceived as being a woman's lib commentary in the 60's. Instead what I found was the author seemed to revel in his own fantasy of what it would be like to have a "sexy", willing robotic housewife. The book appears to be a subtle thumbs up to oppresive male archetypes; the so-called heroine doesn't do a whole lot to fight actively against her fate but SUBMISSIVELY submits to it with not much of a struggle. There aren't any exciting parts of the story and no real drama. Honestly, the ending isn't as "disturbing" or "eerie" as others claim it to be. If anything it seems to enforce the type of life it so tediously talks about for it's 100+ pages. In short it's a boring book about women of the suburbs. As a matter of fact the only people I can find enjoying this book would be a stepford wife (one that finds housework and a bland existence enjoyable) or a chauvanist.