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4.23 AVERAGE
4.23 AVERAGE
No use for a book report. What more needs to be said about this timeless, delicious, slow burn of a twisty, scandalous classic favorite? Dive straight in. It’s marvelous!
dark
emotional
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
dark
mysterious
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
A long slow brooding book for anyone who wants a thick atmosphere and a slow burn mystery. The prose really emphasizes how little to do our FMC has beyond overthinking and feeling. She has little agency as a woman, especially a young one, Maxim is emotionally distant and unpredictable, she has no idea how to fit into her new society, and time drags on for us as it does for her. Of course anxieties would loom large for such a person.
I originally mistook this for a vampire novel, which gave me quite a different interpretation of the beginning, and false expectations for the trajectory of the plot. I realized my mistake and then had no expectations at all, and was taken on the same ride as our unnamed FMC. I mistrusted almost everyone. The "action" (mostly conversations and conclusions) picked up in the last quarter and then the story ended abruptly, with a clear implication but no relief to the tension of what anyone was to do about it.
I originally mistook this for a vampire novel, which gave me quite a different interpretation of the beginning, and false expectations for the trajectory of the plot. I realized my mistake and then had no expectations at all, and was taken on the same ride as our unnamed FMC. I mistrusted almost everyone. The "action" (mostly conversations and conclusions) picked up in the last quarter and then the story ended abruptly, with a clear implication but no relief to the tension of what anyone was to do about it.
یدونه کم کردم چون اوایلش یکنواختیش آزاردهنده بود، ولی از اواسط داستان واقعاً نمی‌شد کتاب و زمین گذاشت! یهو و بدون هیچ پیش‌زمینه‌ای تو یه لحظه ذهنم و منفجر کرد و از یکم بعد از ورودش به ماندرلی واقعاً پایین گذاشتن کتاب برام سخت بود. فوق العاده بود. خوشحالم که از ادبیات گوتیک به پیشنهاد یکی از دوستام ربه‌کا رو برای خوندن انتخاب کردم.
dark
mysterious
reflective
tense
slow-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
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
dark
emotional
mysterious
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Ms. Danvers was 100% in love with Rebecca!!!! Otherwise why would she try to have a 21 year old jump out the window???
dark
mysterious
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Slow start but I enjoyed this a lot more than I thought I would
emotional
mysterious
medium-paced