This is one of the few times where I enjoyed the book however the characters were so unlikable I was amazed that I stuck through and finished the novel. It was well written enough that I was super curious as to what happened to Becca and whether she was really around or if she had a horrible outcome...
Just one message to all who want to read it, I wouldn't recommend it to kids under 16, there was quite some sex going on. And here I was thinking the book was the same as Thorn Abbey, or correction the other way around. But I found out they are both retellings of Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier. The bo...
This one did not work for me. Daphne DuMaurier’s Rebecca is one of my all-time favourite books, and the elements I feel that made it such a powerful book are wholly missing from Harbison’s adaptation. While Rebecca’s lingering presence was chillingly palpable in DuMaurier’s novel, her New Girl count...
Because this YA novel is a retelling of Daphne Du Maurier's Rebecca, I just had to read it! I very much enjoyed all of the Rebecca elements that Paige Harbison re-tooled. I was surprised that the fact that it was a retelling was not mentioned anywhere on the book jacket or front matter, and I wonder...
In continuing within the vein of retellings I opted to read New Girl by Paige Harbison, a contemporary reimagining of Daphne DuMaurier's Rebecca. Rebecca is one of my all time favourite books, so I knew this read would be fraught with peril. Because of that I was willing to give it a little bit more...
A contemporary young-adult retelling inspired by the classic 1938 romantic suspense bestseller Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier.They call me 'New Girl'...Ever since I arrived at exclusive, prestigious Manderly Academy, that’s who I am. New girl. Unknown. But not unnoticed—because of her.Becca Normandy—t...
Originally found on my blog...3.5......Also known as a retelling of the classic novel, Rebecca by Daphne Du Maurier. New Girl is another modern day retelling of a classic tale. Although I haven't read Rebecca yet, I have it on my bookshelf... sitting... waiting...The mystery starts straight away, pu...
Ever since she had asked her parents to go to a boarding school [a side effect of reading Harry Potter], her parents had been applying to Manderley Academy on her behalf. In her final year she gets accepted and she leaves her comfortable life and best friends behind. However once she is reaches the ...
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