Reviews tagging 'Fire/Fire injury'

Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier

40 reviews

vif's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious reflective tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

Really surprised this was originally a success as a gothic romance. I was never convinced of the romances in this book but I was convinced of the infatuation and intrigue!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder

Moderate: Infidelity

Minor: Fire/Fire injury

loxeletters's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism, Grief, Infidelity, Panic attacks/disorders, and Sexism

Moderate: Suicide, Terminal illness, Cancer, Cultural appropriation, Death, Alcohol, and Murder

Minor: Fire/Fire injury, Infertility, Incest, Medical content, and Pregnancy

bethsicle's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Murder

Moderate: Ableism, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Infidelity, Suicide attempt, and Grief

Minor: Animal cruelty, Bullying, Dementia, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Grief, Classism, Gun violence, Terminal illness, Alcohol, Animal death, Cancer, Fire/Fire injury, Incest, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Medical content, Blood, Forced institutionalization, Infertility, and Toxic relationship

vigil's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Gun violence, Alcohol, Death, Infidelity, Suicide, Fire/Fire injury, Incest, Dementia, Gore, Murder, Pregnancy, Emotional abuse, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Forced institutionalization

avisnoctua's review against another edition

dark mysterious slow-paced

• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Body shaming, Fatphobia, Mental illness, Death, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Gaslighting, Suicidal thoughts, Murder, Cultural appropriation, Grief, Gun violence, Alcohol, Racial slurs, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, and Misogyny

Minor: Forced institutionalization, Pregnancy, Terminal illness, Alcoholism, Cancer, and Fire/Fire injury

beca_reads's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.75

One of the best classics so far that I've read. The language was accessible which I tend to find is that makes the difference between me loving and not liking classic novels. It was haunting and devastating, and the plot twist around 75% mark, was unexpected which I love, and made the book pick the pace. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Dementia, Terminal illness, Suicide, and Murder

Moderate: Body horror, Cancer, and Fire/Fire injury

amibo's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gaslighting, Emotional abuse, Grief, Murder, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Gun violence, Infidelity, and Violence

Minor: Cancer, Fire/Fire injury, and Suicidal thoughts

esme's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

I'm going to focus on the surprise/twist/whatever you want to call it because that is by far the most interesting part of the book for me - firstly I was not surprised whatsoever when Maxim revealed that he had killed Rebecca. I don't know if I had heard it somewhere in the past and then forgotten it but it still lived somewhere in the depths of my mind or if it truly was just predictable, but I read it with a completely blank face, just thinking "yeah, figures". The thing that DID shock me, however, was when we were told that Rebecca wasn't actually nice or loved or any of the things that we had been lead to believe about her. NOW THAT'S A TWIST! Everything after that truly did seem different - just like the protagonist, I had been fearing for her place at Manderley prior to that reveal, and once she knew the truth I immediately felt much more at ease about it all.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Incest, Murder, and Death

Minor: Fire/Fire injury and Cancer

wrensandroses's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Fire/Fire injury, Murder, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Cancer, Incest, and Emotional abuse

miles's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Emotional abuse, Death, Toxic relationship, and Murder

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, and Cultural appropriation

Minor: Cancer, Dementia, and Fire/Fire injury