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exclipse's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Suicidal thoughts
Moderate: Infertility, Racism, Terminal illness, Gun violence, Ableism, Incest, Infidelity, and Animal cruelty
Minor: Forced institutionalization, War, Fatphobia, Fire/Fire injury, and Sexual harassment
mynameisrebecca's review against another edition
- 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
4.5
Graphic: Blood
Minor: Cultural appropriation, Racism, and Xenophobia
raisinreads's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
Graphic: Death, Violence, Murder, Alcohol, Cultural appropriation, and Racism
Minor: Infertility, Cancer, Incest, Medical content, and Terminal illness
blacksphinx's review against another edition
- 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
4.0
Graphic: Alcohol, Racism, Toxic relationship, Ableism, Emotional abuse, Grief, Murder, Gun violence, and Cultural appropriation
Moderate: Dementia, Forced institutionalization, Alcoholism, Classism, Incest, and Infidelity
Minor: Terminal illness, Cancer, Medical content, Suicide, Fire/Fire injury, and Infertility
ravenpuff's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Sexism, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, and Toxic relationship
Moderate: Classism, Death, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, and Bullying
Minor: Racism, Suicide, Cancer, Gun violence, and Infidelity
quabbityash's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Moderate: Ableism, Colonisation, Xenophobia, and Racism
Minor: Murder, Domestic abuse, and Death
denlia's review against another edition
- 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
3.75
Moderate: Classism, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, Ableism, Racism, and Toxic friendship
froukjemelenhorst's review against another edition
- 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
4.25
Graphic: Murder, Cultural appropriation, and Racism
Moderate: Suicide and Domestic abuse
Minor: Cancer
reading_under_covers's review against another edition
4.5
The fact that the MC is never given a name really added to the story and the ending had me 🤯 👀
Note: There were a couple of problematic scenes, which I guess at the time wouldn’t have come across that way, but were cringe and uncomfortable to read in the modern day.
Graphic: Racism, Cultural appropriation, and Murder
Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Infidelity
Minor: Incest
e_r_q's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
"I feel her everywhere. You do too, don't you?"
Rebecca is a captivating, mysterious and dark gothic romance. In many ways, it is also a highly unconventional ghost story. Despite being a slow-burn, it is undeniably an incredibly engrossing novel; I just can't get it out of my head.
It is consistently unpredictable, and the various twists and turns it took genuinely managed to shock me. Everything builds to an unforgettably tense climax.
I absolutely loved Daphne du Maurier's masterful characterisation. The unamed protagonist is probably one of my favourite narrators of all time; I really liked her uncertainty and insecurity, and I loved how she constantly drifted into elaborate day-dreams. I also really liked how every character, to an extent, is extremely unreliable, lending a degree of ambiguity to the events of the novel.
I am also in love with du Maurier's gorgeously gothic and strikingly atmospheric writing; she manages to make the setting of Manderley feel like a character in itself.
Unfortunately, it is very much a product of its time, with some dated and abhorrent racist and abelist moments.
But overall, Rebecca is an iconic tale of obsession, love, gender, trust, power and the haunting force of the past. There's a reason it's a classic.
Moderate: Ableism
Minor: Racism and Sexism