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Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier

22 reviews

ambermarshall's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

Poor nameless protagonist, I really identify with her. Painfully shy, deeply insecure, eager to please, huge inferiority complex, incredibly vivid imagination especially for worst-case scenarios. I feel like I would have been the same at that age in that situation.

It starts off slowly but so richly described that it drew me right in, and then in the second half it gripped me tightly and pulled me along. So much is revealed that casts earlier parts in a new light, and I found myself flipping back and forth and rereading earlier passages. The mystery and suspense were excellent, and romance took a back seat (it was all rather chaste as far as romance goes). It ends rather abruptly but I read a little more of the beginning again (which takes place after the events of the book) and it can act as a sort of epilogue as well as prologue, and you get a different reading from it after reading the entire novel.

I confess I had taken the "haunted by Rebecca" literally until I actually read the book and realized there was nothing supernatural going on and it was a metaphorical haunting, which honestly works so well and much better than a literal haunting would have. It just speaks to how huge a personality Rebecca was and how she managed to get so many people in her thrall with her sociopathic wiles to the point that she has so much power over everything even after her death, especially through Mrs. Danvers as her mortal agent.

I do wonder if the beginning might serve better at the end, since it takes away a little bit of the suspense to know that MC and Maxim are away and safe after everything, though I did wonder if maybe they were on the lam.

Overall, I'm hugely impressed. A masterpiece indeed.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcohol

Minor: Death, Suicide, Terminal illness, Cultural appropriation, Grief, Cancer, Infidelity, and Bullying

mme_carton's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Fire/Fire injury, Misogyny, Murder, Racism, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Body horror, Panic attacks/disorders, Ableism, Alcohol, Cancer, Chronic illness, Cultural appropriation, Emotional abuse, Body shaming, Bullying, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Gaslighting, Grief, Gun violence, Mental illness, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, and Islamophobia

Moderate: Incest, Violence, Infidelity, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Animal death, Infertility, and Death of parent

klfgasaway's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Murder, Suicidal thoughts, Emotional abuse, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Ableism

Minor: Suicide, Forced institutionalization, Cultural appropriation, and Incest

bethsicle's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Murder

Moderate: Ableism, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Infidelity, Suicide attempt, and Grief

Minor: Animal cruelty, Bullying, Dementia, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Grief, Classism, Gun violence, Terminal illness, Alcohol, Animal death, Cancer, Fire/Fire injury, Incest, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Medical content, Blood, Forced institutionalization, Infertility, and Toxic relationship

will_sandy's review

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Grief, and Bullying

leah24601's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Infidelity, and Murder

Moderate: Bullying, Cancer, Chronic illness, and Incest

bekkiboo's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Death, Murder, and Bullying

miles's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Emotional abuse, Death, Toxic relationship, and Murder

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, and Cultural appropriation

Minor: Cancer, Dementia, and Fire/Fire injury

seanajk's review

mysterious reflective tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Ableism, Bullying, Murder, and Death

Moderate: Cancer and Misogyny

Minor: Violence, Gun violence, Infertility, Suicide, and Blood

beautifulpaxielreads's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Ableism, Alcohol, Murder, Bullying, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Suicidal thoughts, and Violence

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Racism, Cultural appropriation, Dementia, Gun violence, Incest, and Fatphobia

Minor: Xenophobia, Terminal illness, and Cancer