Reviews with content warning for Pregnancy - Rebecca

The last few months I’ve mostly been reading sweet, silly, easy books, and I didn’t realize I had actually missed slow, meandering, thoughtful prose. This was so well written, that even if it made me wildly uncomfortable, I still wanted to read on. My goodness, what an intense book.

I thought Maxim was a dick, and he should not have married our nameless heroine. There, I said it. My heart ached for her most of the time, and he deliberately let her suffer because he adored the lost, helpless look on her face. When she finally had to find her own strength because of the shit he pulled, he had the nerve to tell her she lost that endearing quality he had loved so much. Not cool, Maxim, not cool.

To be honest, not a great choice to read if you’re rather depressed and painfully eager to please the people around you, unless you’re in therapy and really up for some serious practice.

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loxeletters's review against another edition

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dark mysterious reflective 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? Yes

4.5

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lindseyhall44's review against another edition

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medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes

4.5

This novel honestly surprise me (in the best possible way). I’m not much of a classics person, so I wasn’t sure how much I would enjoy it. But with stunning plot twists and a ominous mood, I was was flying through pages while simultaneously wanting to savor the book for as long as I could.
Rebecca follows a young bride as she marries an older man with a mysterious past. All she knows is that he lives in an incredible manor and his wife, Rebecca, recently died. As the narrator begins to unravel the truth in Rebecca’s death, the life as she knows it changes.
I loved Du Maurier’s use of imagery and setting, which are definitely a staple in the gothic genre. This, along with the beautiful writing made the narration incredibly strong.
However, the pacing seemed a little bit off, which is why I rated Rebecca the way I did.
Overall, I would definitely recommend this book during October, since the vibes are right:)

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iksme's review against another edition

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dark mysterious slow-paced

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

2.75

Omg this book was so dull, basically nothing happens for the first 11 hrs of the audiobook then it gets moderately interesting, it doesn't really kick off until the last two hours by which time you're just clinging on so you can say you've read it.

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