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Rebecca

Daphne du Maurier

4.23 AVERAGE

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
dark emotional mysterious slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated
dark mysterious tense slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
dark mysterious 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

This book sucked me in, just like when I read it the first time in high school. The character development in the first 3/4 of the book is great but then it gives you the answer to the mystery before you realize there is a mystery.
dark hopeful mysterious tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: No

I read it for the first time when I was 15, back then in my native Romanian language. So, I wanted to read it again now in English and with a more mature mind.
10 years later, I enjoyed it a lot more this time. Couldn’t tell if it was the original English or my increase in age that changed the way I felt about it. I enjoyed the mystery more, the gothic style.
I loved the pace and the writing style, the way the characters were built.

I’ll try to make more time to read some of my favourite classics and even a few I haven’t read before. But with all the books I discovered on bookstagram, sometimes the sheer amount of books on my shelves is overwhelming.

An absolute pleasure from start to finish. Hauntingly beautiful and gorgeously written. A classic.
mysterious slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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