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Originally posted by Litany
I honestly can't think of a bad thing to say about Rebecca.
Originally posted by Mile-O-Phile
The book or the woman herself?![]()
Litany said:Haven't read Lolita, but I loved Rebecca. It's beautifully written. Read Jamaica Inn a couple weeks ago and it was even better. I fully intend to work my way through the whole of Daphne Du Maurier's work. Every so often I find a writer whose style of writing just clicks perfectly with me, and Du Maurier is one of those writers. The opening paragraph of Rebecca has to be my favourite beginning of ever. I honestly can't think of a bad thing to say about Rebecca.
lies said:Really? I don't really remember reading Rebecca now, but my log tells me I wasn't too impressed with it seven years ago. It wasn't bad, but chances are I'll never pick up another Du Maurier again.
I've never read Lolita (it's on the longest to read list ever though) but I did read a book that was based on it, and I didn't like that much. But that has no relevance whatsoever, LOL.
I had read 50 pages of it before I sat down with it on Sunday, and just couldn't put it down till I had finished it up, so I truly get what you mean.blueboatdriver said:I considered it a "page turner" as it forced me into a couple of late nights.
Oh yeah. So true. And the ball (costume party), I just knew something would go wrong, and she would be dressed up like Rebecca, I just knew it (Mrs. Danvers being nice, was too hard for me to believe), and I kind of felt sick, and just didn't want to read any further, but I did... so Pigeon is right about the reader being livid about it.blueboatdriver said:And it was pretty tense whenever Mrs Danvers made an appearance; especially when she's talking our heroine into leaping from the window onto the flagstone below; scary stuff.