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4.23 AVERAGE
4.23 AVERAGE
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
emotional
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
N/A
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
I've never read anything like it. I loved every second.
dark
emotional
mysterious
tense
fast-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
Laid up in bed after an illness I finally got around to finishing this book I started ages ago. Why did it take me so long? I'm not sure. I kept starting other books and never quite finding myself in the right mood.
Now, everybody and his dog told me how great this book is. Portuguese Booktubers I follow seem to have it in the 4-5 star zone, my wife likes it, my niece pinged me on instagram saying she liked it... Once when I went to see The Book of Mormon, I had it in my bag and the beefy security guard who was doing bag checks told me he was a huge fan too.
And they're right. Everything you've heard is right. The first line is justly famous. The last paragraph is a blinder too. Manderley really does feel like a character, and the other characters - even the minor ones - are all really well drawn. The pace is controlled nicely, especially at the end, where you feel like it could have gone down a number of predictable routes, but the suspense just keeps building. There's a slightly slow patch near the middle, just before it all kicks off, and that almost made me downgrade it to a 4-star, but that seems a bit mean so let's say 4.5.
Now, everybody and his dog told me how great this book is. Portuguese Booktubers I follow seem to have it in the 4-5 star zone, my wife likes it, my niece pinged me on instagram saying she liked it... Once when I went to see The Book of Mormon, I had it in my bag and the beefy security guard who was doing bag checks told me he was a huge fan too.
And they're right. Everything you've heard is right. The first line is justly famous. The last paragraph is a blinder too. Manderley really does feel like a character, and the other characters - even the minor ones - are all really well drawn. The pace is controlled nicely, especially at the end, where you feel like it could have gone down a number of predictable routes, but the suspense just keeps building. There's a slightly slow patch near the middle, just before it all kicks off, and that almost made me downgrade it to a 4-star, but that seems a bit mean so let's say 4.5.
adventurous
dark
emotional
mysterious
reflective
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
always is a bit of shock when reading a book where the narrator is so like yourself. like…that’s me. that’s the way i think. how did daphne du maurier write a book from my POV in 1938
dark
mysterious
reflective
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
reflective
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
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