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3.81 AVERAGE
3.81 AVERAGE
adventurous
dark
hopeful
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
dark
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
So you know how Clueless is a modern Emma and [movie] is a modern [book]? This book would benefit from the Netflix limited series treatment of it set in its written time or totally moved forward. Our heroine, through cruel fate and a promise to her dead mom, moves to Jamaica Inn to live with her Aunt. When we arrive, we find the once-freespirited aunt trembling under the thumb of her creepy, violent husband. The husband's creepier friends show up at the bar (the epynomous Jamaica Inn), and after our heroine retires for the night she witnesses them up to all sorts of criminal acts. What is a girl to do!? Especially after she meets her uncle's little brother...
Perfect moody book to read in October.
An extra half-star for the inclusion of Cornish pasties :)
An extra half-star for the inclusion of Cornish pasties :)
adventurous
dark
mysterious
medium-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
adventurous
dark
tense
medium-paced
I love Daphne du Maurier’s writing so much! It’s so evocative and compelling, and certain scenes were so adrenaline inducing that it felt like I was watching a scary film. Mary Yellan is an excellent main character and the setting of Jamaica Inn and the moors is superb. The story is much more gruesome and dark than I’d expected but it pulled me in entirely.
You have to remember this book was written in 1936 by a woman which in itself it a wonderful thing, and the characters and story for the time were very progressive. The heroine Mary, was head strong and brave. The story had darkness and mystery with some decent plot twists. I really enjoyed it.
dark
emotional
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Such a compelling read. I couldn’t put it down. Du Maurier is the queen of the anxious, unknown threat. Cornwall and Bodmin Moor are chillingly evoked-makes me want to visit (although I’ve been warned that Jamaica Inn is now in a lay-by off the A30).
La storia mi ha tenuta appesa ad un filo dall'inizio alla fine. Mary tra i personaggi preferiti di sempre, forte, intraprendente e intelligente. Mi sono affezionata a lei e alla sua storia, e ho vissuto ogni colpo di scena come se fossi stata io a viverlo. Altro prefe Jem, con il suo fare sarcastico e indifferente, si dimostra poi essere una persona onesta e veramente innamorata di Mary. Ho adorato la loro relazione. Tutto ciò si svolge con la costante nota stonata dei loschi avvenimenti del Jamaica Inn, che aggiungono alla storia un tocco di pirati "di terra" che non fa mai male ahah. Anche se le scorribande di Joss Merlyn e della sua banda, provocano la morte di molti marinai, togliendo l'aspetto affascinante dei pirati e rivelando una verità dell'epoca. Consigliato, anche a chi non apprezza i classici, perchè la scrittura della Du Maurier è scorrevole e estremamente moderna.
Consiglio veramente, un classico un po' nascosto, ma un must a mio parere.
Consiglio veramente, un classico un po' nascosto, ma un must a mio parere.