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3.81 AVERAGE
3.81 AVERAGE
Daphne du Maurier certainly knows how to write a page-turner. I was so into this book.
Táto kniha sa mi vynikajúco trafila do nálady. Od prvej vety ma to totálne vcuclo a každým slovom som nasávala tú nádhernú atmosféru, až som nakoniec skončila uprostred cornwallských vresovísk a odmietala odtiaľ odísť. Autorka mi opäť dokázala, že som jej knihy mala začať čítať omnoho skôr a okrem toho aj to, že bola ženou mnohých talentov, nakoľko každá kniha, ktorú som doteraz od nej prečítala, bola úplne iná, no zakaždým výborná. Body navyše získava to záverečné odhalenie, ktoré som vôbec, ale vôbec nečakala.
Teraz ma ospravedlňte. Idem si plánovať dovolenku v Cornwalle.
Teraz ma ospravedlňte. Idem si plánovať dovolenku v Cornwalle.
dark
mysterious
sad
tense
slow-paced
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
I was so excited to read this book. I loved Rebecca, so reading another du Maurier was great.
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The book follows Mary, so goes to Jamaica Inn after the death of her mother to live with her aunt. The inn is not what she was expecting at all, and there is something dark and mysterious going on with the inn and her uncle.
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The book started out a little slow at the beginning and I was worried that I would not like it, but then it really picked up and I loved the second half of the book. Mary was a very likeable main character, who was a strong woman who spoke her mind and was not afraid to stick up for herself. This book also included a lot of violence and gore, which for the time period was quite out there and I loved this! I also loved all the twists and turns, and I did not figure out the mystery. Why am I so bad at figuring out the mysteries in books?
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Overall, this book was really engaging and I encourage you to check it out if you want a fun classic!
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The book follows Mary, so goes to Jamaica Inn after the death of her mother to live with her aunt. The inn is not what she was expecting at all, and there is something dark and mysterious going on with the inn and her uncle.
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The book started out a little slow at the beginning and I was worried that I would not like it, but then it really picked up and I loved the second half of the book. Mary was a very likeable main character, who was a strong woman who spoke her mind and was not afraid to stick up for herself. This book also included a lot of violence and gore, which for the time period was quite out there and I loved this! I also loved all the twists and turns, and I did not figure out the mystery. Why am I so bad at figuring out the mysteries in books?
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Overall, this book was really engaging and I encourage you to check it out if you want a fun classic!
A holiday in Cornwall. A visit to Jamaica Inn. What other book would I read than Daphne Du Maurier’s famous tale of smugglers around Bodmin Moor? I was not expecting to read this book, but I saw it in the shop and the atmosphere and surroundings convinced me to buy it. I was glad I did. Despite being spoilt for the ending by a plaque in the aforementioned Jamaica Inn, I found the book thrilling. Mary Yellan was a great lead character – formidable and brash but with a loyal heart, despite being a bit of a fool at times. Du Maurier perfectly captured the atmosphere of the moors and the smuggling aspect made for a suspenseful plot. I read the book in a day and thoroughly enjoyed myself by doing so.
Hell yeah, Daphne duMaurier did not come to play with this book. Rebecca is her best known, and I think there’s a reason for that (technical merit, being somewhat less ridiculous than this one), but honestly, this book goes hard.
It’s just right out there, all the dudes want to bed this heroine, she is JUST THAT spirited and smart and super hot. Honestly, it almost felt cliched, the sassy young woman who is standing UP FOR HERSELF, she slaps back even when she is shaking internally, but it is not cliched because it was probably written before the cliche was cliche! Maybe Mary Yellen was the first stop on the road to that Outlander chick! Who can say!
Her uncle is gross! The grossest and evilest and drunkest! Her aunt is the timidest and palest and most shadow-of-her-former-self that ever shadowed! The love interest guy is the skeeviest and the hottest and most morally ambiguous (in a hot way). And then there’s the albino priest!
Everyone is just doing the absolute most, and we haven’t even gotten started on Bodbin Moor, which is obviously the most hostile and threatening moor that ever. I actually freaking loved this book. Not enough to re-read it, probably ever, but it was so freaking fun.
It’s just right out there, all the dudes want to bed this heroine, she is JUST THAT spirited and smart and super hot. Honestly, it almost felt cliched, the sassy young woman who is standing UP FOR HERSELF, she slaps back even when she is shaking internally, but it is not cliched because it was probably written before the cliche was cliche! Maybe Mary Yellen was the first stop on the road to that Outlander chick! Who can say!
Her uncle is gross! The grossest and evilest and drunkest! Her aunt is the timidest and palest and most shadow-of-her-former-self that ever shadowed! The love interest guy is the skeeviest and the hottest and most morally ambiguous (in a hot way). And then there’s the albino priest!
Everyone is just doing the absolute most, and we haven’t even gotten started on Bodbin Moor, which is obviously the most hostile and threatening moor that ever. I actually freaking loved this book. Not enough to re-read it, probably ever, but it was so freaking fun.
Ohhh the shenanigans. Jamaica Inn starts off all dark and atmospheric and has you at the edge of your seat just DYING to know the mystery!!! Then it devolves into a thrilling (and oh so dark) sequence of events with all sorts of degenerates and criminals lurking around doing all sorts of terrible horrific things. Mary, our dear heroine, thinks herself to be witty and bright, and proceeded to make terrible decisions every 5 seconds while acting extremely dramatic. I think a lot of people read this as a dark gothic tale, and it is! But dear Lord I could not take Mary the least bit seriously, which made it more of a comical adventure book with fun twists and turns that all gets tied up in a neat little bow.
3.5/4 star range.
3.5/4 star range.
fast-paced
dark
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes