I've been sitting here for the past half hour wondering if there's something wrong with me because, clearly, the multitude of reviewers of this book must have seen something that I obviously missed.Ok. Let me just get this out quickly out of the way : Rebecca didn't blow me away.Maybe I've become ja...
Do not be fooled by the cheesy romance cover on so many editions of this book! It is the opposite of cheesy romance and it will blow your mind!This is one of those books where, right after you finish reading it (or even immediately after you start reading it, and throughout the entire book), you won...
I was lended this book by a fellow lover of 'Jane Eyre' and have always heard talk of the similarities. There were many similarities but I did enjoy the story of the narrator and Mr. de Winter and really enjoyed the ending. I'm very anxious to see the Hitchcock version now. Loved it!
I first read this novel approximately forty years ago, when I was a teenager. I have an enduring memory of walking around my home, nose firmly in the book, unable to put it down. Yesterday, listening to the concluding chapters of the audiobook, I had the same experience. I could not stop listening u...
Rebecca is a classic of Gothic fiction: when one sets out to review a classic, it is always a bit dicey, as though some blasphemous act is being committed (even if the review is favourable). However, I feel that I must share my feelings about this magnificent work: so I plunge in, setting my appreh...
Beautiful book. Loved it. I enjoyed the ending, it was partially predictible but at the same time, I was slightly surprised by one part of the ending. More review to come soon.
In Rebecca we follow a nameless narrator, at least nameless in the sense that she is known as nothing but Mrs. de Winter (the second). While I found the lack of a name annoying I think it fit the narrator well as she clearly does not come into her own until well into the novel, if even then. The nar...
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