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Don't Look Now - Daphne du Maurier
Don't Look Now
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A review: "Du Maurier has a clear talent for writing intelligent, engaging prose in a very accessible, clear style. Her characters are real, and their conversations are completely believable. My favorite of the five tales featured here was the title story; like du Maurier's classic novel Rebecca,... show more
A review: "Du Maurier has a clear talent for writing intelligent, engaging prose in a very accessible, clear style. Her characters are real, and their conversations are completely believable. My favorite of the five tales featured here was the title story; like du Maurier's classic novel Rebecca, this is a taunt psychological thriller with a surprise ending. In the second story, "The Breakthrough," the standard search for life after death is presented in a unique light. My least-favorite story of the book was the third, "Not After Midnight," as it had a disappointing ending which I still don't fully understand. In the fourth story, "A Border-line Case," the characters are less believable than is typical for du Maurier, yet the story is still worthwhile. Finally, for the last tale, "The Way of the Cross," du Maurier takes a different tact by telling the story from the perspectives of several main characters rather than just one, and the positive result is less thriller, more human interest. du Maurier is an excellent storyteller, and most readers are likely to find something to praise in at least one of this book's well-written stories."
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Format: paperback
ISBN: 9780385087339 (0385087330)
Pages no: 303
Edition language: English
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Randolph "Dilda" Carter
Randolph "Dilda" Carter rated it
3.0 Don't Read Now
I wasn't overly impressed with this collection of stories. Don't Look Now and The Birds were pretty good but having seen the films many times certainly took much away some of the suspense. No fault of the author. I thought that The Birds was better, more menacing, than the Hitchcock film of the same...
The English Student
The English Student rated it
3.0 Don't Look Now and Other Stories - Daphne du Maurier
It's been ages since I've read a short story collection – I think the last one was Henry James The Turn of the Screw and Other Stories several years ago. It's easy to forget how effective the form can be in the hands of a good writer. I didn't enjoy these as much as Rebecca (they were published ab...
Edward
Edward rated it
3.0 Don't Look Now & Other Stories (Penguin Modern Classics)
--Don't Look Now--Not After Midnight--A Border-Line Case--The Way of the Cross--The Breakthrough
pedestrienne
pedestrienne rated it
4.0 Don't Look Now: Selected Stories of Daphne Du Maurier
so good!
pedestrienne
pedestrienne rated it
4.0 Don't Look Now: Selected Stories of Daphne Du Maurier
so good!
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