Science fiction Horror Humor 1972

The Stepford Wives by Ira Levin

Published in Spanish as Las poseidas de Stepford

For behind the town's idyllic facade lies a terrible secret -- a secret so shattering that no one who encounters it will ever be the same.

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What it is

A small town hiding secrets · properly scary

What happens in it

Small-town secrets Twist ending

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How it's told

Who tells it
Third person, up close
Pulls you in with
The plot
Style
Easy to get into

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Is it for you?

It's for you if…

  • you like an ending that makes you rethink everything
  • you like a book that leaves you uneasy
  • you like dry, sideways humour

Maybe not if…

  • how it's written matters more to you than what happens

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