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Sliver
by Ira Levin
Product Group: Book
ISBN: B00005WVIX
Unknown Binding
SKU: 29236
Condition: New
Comments: THE HARDCOVER BOOK! BANTAM, 1991. THE UNABRIDGED 1ST EDITION. HARDCOVER W/GILT LETTERING, DUST COVER AND PAGES ARE IN PERFECT CONDITION! SHIPS IMMEDIATELY W/FREE TRACKING. Air Mail.
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Editorial Reviews
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Product Description
A successful career woman living in Sliver, a glittering Manhattan high-rise, discovers that someone is watching her every move. By the author of Rosemary's Baby. Reprint. Movie tie-in.
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Customer Reviews
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Wasn't it turned into a movie?
Rating  (1)
Date: 2006-10-23
0 out of 9 customers found this reveiw helpful
Wasn't this a movie? I thought it started Melanie Griffin and the guy from mr. mom. I didn't read the book but saw the movie. It was lame, bad plot, and you couldn't feel for the characters. I was rooting for them all to die!
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A not-bad thriller with good local color
Rating  (4)
Date: 2003-12-24
6 out of 6 customers found this reveiw helpful
"Sliver" is definitely not up to "Rosemary's Baby" but it's one of Levin's better products, and for those readers who felt it lacked believability, what would they say about "Rosemary's Baby" or "The Stepford Wives"? It's not supposed to be read with a straight face; it's fun, and on that count, it measures up. What made the book especially enjoyable for this reader was that I know the Carnegie Hill neighborhood very well, and it was a lot of fun identifying all the places Levin mentioned in the book -- real places, in fact. (The Corner Bookstore is one of my favorite book shops in all of New York.) The story of the sophisticated, jaded older woman who falls in love with a younger man has been done to death, but Levin makes this one refreshing by giving the heroine sense enough not to take this too seriously; she knows sooner or later it's bound to end so she just enjoys what she has while she has it. The book's main theme of voyeurism is well presented; we share the heroine's mixture of fascination and revulsion, and realize how all too easy it is to get sucked into the thrill of snooping and being privy to all the neighbors' secrets. And while the ending may be as believable as a two-headed giraffe, the whole book is slightly off-center so we shrug and enjoy the fun. If you're looking for something heavy or profound, go read "War and Peace" or an equally weighty tome; "Sliver" is a good book to spend a rainy day with.
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Satisfying if slightly flawed
Rating (4)
Date: 2002-10-12
2 out of 3 customers found this reveiw helpful
There's a lot to like here: The plot moves fast and suspensefully, making it hard to put this one down. The female protagonist is interesting, educated, down-to-earth yet urbane and sexy. The male protagonist is evil enough not to make excuses for, yet the book challenges you to at least consider his point of view.Most excitingly, this book gives an incisive observation of maybe the most important social phenomenon of the TV age: voyeurism. Written before the Internet craze, this book has become only more relevant since! It describes aptly the temptation of wanting to play god in the form of an all-knwoing observer, as well as the dangers of such hubris: addiction, the seduction into doing something the perpetrator would intellectually/morally violently disagree with yet feels strangely compelled to perpetuate. Ultimately, the book discusses the consequences of such behavior as the perpetrator resorts to criminal behavior to continue his game. Granted, there are a few flies in the ointment: the premise may not be considered terribly plausible. Yet, I believe it stacks up well against the suspense of disbelief required in most novels. The ending, however, while symbolically quite interesting (the voyeur becomes blinded, tying also into the Oedipal theme which is one thread in the book) is ultimately fairly contrived. Even more so, the final climactic scene, including the blinding, is just too far over the top to not teeter on the verge of the absolutely ridiculous! Mr. Levin could have definitely done a lot better there! Despite these flaws, I still rate this one highly. If not taken all too seriously, this one's one satisfying ride!
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Suspenseful, believable, a psychological thriller
Rating (4)
Date: 2002-07-08
0 out of 3 customers found this reveiw helpful
A successful single business women living by herself in a high rise...and some one is watching her. The walls have eyes... He knows her every move...
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Without a sliver of believability
Rating (1)
Date: 2002-02-27
1 out of 5 customers found this reveiw helpful
Mr. Levin must have been writing this fast and furiously to meet a deadline. It's hard to believe that the author of such really great books could have penned this piece of trash. The characters are like life-sized cardboard cutouts. The plot was lacking in plausibility, passion or suspense and the conclusion was ridiculous. Did you ever try hanging from a curtain hook, Mr. Levin? A good sized cat hanging on the drape would have pulled the hook out and bye, bye kitty!
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