The Break Through by The Break Through by Daphne du Maurier

3.58 AVERAGE

anncale's review against another edition

4.0
Interesting topic, well written. Questions and debates of morality and the meaning of their discovery were missing. The beginning drags on quite long in proportion to the length of the booklet. The story could have been developed more. Overall, the experiment didn’t show much. I’m not sure if it added to the story that it was so short or if it could have been better had it been longer.

anxiousbinature's review against another edition

3.0
adventurous challenging dark fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: N/A
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated
Very interesting and unique..l I wasn’t quite sure where it was going. It reminded me a bit of the film The Quiet Ones…
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soiemalaquais's review against another edition

3.25
dark tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated
chilling and unsettling read, goosebumps seemed to scatter along my arms towards the end. Overall enjoyable short story by Du Maurier! 
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personalratings's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious reflective medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

chloe_carr's review against another edition

3.5
mysterious reflective tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated
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heartslobbf's review against another edition

4.25
challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

obsie93's review against another edition

3.0
reflective medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: N/A
Loveable characters: N/A
Diverse cast of characters: N/A

fred312's review against another edition

4.25
dark tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
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lilb_505's review against another edition

2.75
challenging dark mysterious fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: No
Nothing memorable for me. Du Maurier touches on life after death trough sfi-fi. Concept would do better as a longer book. Personally couldn't keep up with the amount of characters in this short read.
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parisreads_pc's review against another edition

3.0
This was short and creepy.