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title: "The Stepford Wives"
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# The Stepford Wives

**Brand:** ira levinpeter straub
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The Stepford Wives

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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 







  
  
    If you want an existential crisis about modern American politics
  

*by M***T on Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on March 20, 2023*

First off, book came in great shape for a used book. No problems.As for the book itself, I read this in high school and decided to reread as I'm working on a topic related for my phd. I finished it on a flight and had an existential crisis about the state of women's rights in America today. So much of a crisis that I must have looked scary because the flight attendant checked on me to make sure I was okay.Anyway. If you haven't read it, read it immediately.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ 







  
  
    Good book to read
  

*by T***Y on Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on March 6, 2023*

I had watched the movie years ago so it was interesting to see the differences between the two. The book is better than the movie. Really good read. I read the entire book in one sitting.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 







  
  
    A Fantastic Read
  

*by A***W on Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on January 5, 2018*

Wow! I saw the movie a couple times over the years but of course, as usual, the book was better! And much different. There are entire scenes in the movie that aren't in the book or are different. For instance, Joanna and Bobbie don't go to meet with Joanna's old boyfriend regarding the water analysis issue, they write a letter to a government agency instead. And the psychiatrist in the novel is patronizing and doesn't treat Joanna's concerns about Stepford as legitimate. Also, there's no climactic scene at the actual Men's Association House, the climactic scene takes place somewhere completely unexpected. The Joanna in the novel seems sweeter than the Joanna in the movie. Also, more clueless and naive. The Joanna in the movie at least seems to realize there's something wrong with her marriage, whereas the Joanna in the book doesn't seem to realize it until the end. When the guy from the Men's Association asks her to record herself reading the word list, she agrees right away. In the movie, she only agrees if he'll arrange a meeting of the Stepford wives. That meeting never takes place in the book. The Walter in the book is even more sinister than the Walter in the movie. In the movie, Walter expresses dissatisfaction with how Joanna is raising the kids, for example. He says, "I'm working 80 hours a week and my kids are dressed like they're on welfare", or something like that. In the novel, he acts very mild-mannered and agreeable, all the while knowing what he's planning to do to his wife. Another difference is that in the movie, you get the impression that Walter and Joanna don't interact that much, that he's either working all the time or at the Men's Association. In the novel, Walter and Joanna go out socially with other couples. They go to New York to visit a couple there, and they also go out several times with Bobbie and Dave. There's one scene where the four of them play monopoly together. This makes it all the more sinister, because Walter and Dave know what's going to happen to their wives, what they are going to do to them. It's also very sad, for anyone who knows what's in store for Joanna, to follow her thoughts and activities throughout the novel. For instance, she runs out of candy on Halloween because she didn't expect so many trick or treaters. She thinks to herself that next Halloween she'll know better. Of course, for Joanna, there won't be a "next" Halloween. People "smile" a lot in this novel. At some point, the smiles themselves start adding up as clues that something is not right. Another literary device Levin uses is having Joanna "look" at people a lot. Someone says something odd, for instance, and: "Joanna looked at her". There's a turning point in the novel where Joanna "looks" at Walter, but based on the context it occurs in, you realize for the first time she isn't only looking, she's also, FINALLY, actually seeing. Joanna becomes insistent that there's something wrong in Stepford, and Walter lets his smiling facade slip. He lets his annoyance and lack of respect for her show. Joanna unfortunately takes a tranquilizer that is prescribed for her by the psychiatrist, which may or may not explain why she starts to doubt herself and her own accurate perceptions at the end of the book. Or maybe it's because she's cold and exhausted and can't figure out what to do next, so she tells herself that it has to all be in her head, that her suspicions are too outrageous to be true. Only they are.

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