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Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier

20 reviews

neptunereign's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Incest, Infidelity, Murder, Suicide, Terminal illness, Death, Cancer, Chronic illness, Gun violence, Toxic relationship, and Grief

Minor: Alcoholism, Blood, Cursing, Dementia, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, and Violence

rory_john14's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense slow-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Murder, Gun violence, Classism, Infidelity, Toxic relationship, Death, Animal cruelty, Cancer, Infertility, Misogyny, Sexism, and Terminal illness

Moderate: Alcohol, Cultural appropriation, Medical content, Mental illness, Incest, Alcoholism, Dementia, Fire/Fire injury, Suicide, Violence, Blood, and Grief

Minor: Injury/Injury detail, Adult/minor relationship, Forced institutionalization, Medical trauma, Addiction, Panic attacks/disorders, Pregnancy, Pedophilia, Sexual harassment, and Suicidal thoughts

mme_carton's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Fire/Fire injury, Misogyny, Murder, Racism, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Body horror, Panic attacks/disorders, Ableism, Alcohol, Cancer, Chronic illness, Cultural appropriation, Emotional abuse, Body shaming, Bullying, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Gaslighting, Grief, Gun violence, Mental illness, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, and Islamophobia

Moderate: Incest, Violence, Infidelity, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Animal death, Infertility, and Death of parent

miagw962'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? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

"You see," she said, snapping the top, and walking down the stairs, "you are so very different from Rebecca."

Loved this a lot! I just loved the atmosphere of the whole thing, particularly the first half - Rebecca being the antagonist of the story that she doesn't even appear in, it's just genius! All the descriptions from our main lady (who doesn't get named, leaning into that sense of unimportance amidst the mere memory of Rebecca, she goes nameless because Rebecca is too powerful, I love that so much) are very cinematic - I can certainly see how this story would lend itself to film and I am beyond excited to experience the eeriness and psychological trauma in a visual sense. The reason this isn't a 5 star is because the 'twist' itself ie. the actual thrilling bit of the thriller did not really blow me away - it's not something super creative but I still like how previous expectations were subverted. I'm just really really excited to watch the Hitchcock version of this because I have a feeling it's going to be insane. But yeah, this whole thing was enjoyable and actually very engaging, couldn't put it down at some parts. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Cancer, Infidelity, Murder, and Violence

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

abbigilla_25's review against another edition

mysterious 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Injury/Injury detail

lydiabeth's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Suicide, Death, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Domestic abuse

sunny_not's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

It was such a thrilling story. I went into this thinking that it was going to be like a ghost story mixed with a sad romance. I was right on the sad romance part but really missed the point in the ghost part. It was psychological thriller and there were many unexpected things happening .

When Maxim said "the look on her face while she was dying" I was like "How did you see that dude she died alone at sea. Then the twist, the twist hit so hard, it was better than many murder mystery novels. I'm still shook that Maxim actually killed Rebecca. Also I kept thinking that Rebecca was pregnant so the last twist was also unexpected to me.

It was a very complex story and after the first ten pages I was hooked. I might read this again in the future since it was that good. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Toxic relationship, Murder, Medical content, Mental illness, Injury/Injury detail, Infertility, and Cancer

smithabigail98's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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? It's complicated

4.25

I feel like this is a really good book if you want to introduce yourself to classics. It's slow at times but moves into fast intense reading at other points. I found myself growing in and out of love with characters and was left questioning intentions for time after reading. HOWEVER even though I loved this book I found the main character/narrator intolerable at times. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Suicide, Toxic relationship, and Injury/Injury detail

beautifulpaxielreads's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Ableism, Alcohol, Murder, Bullying, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Suicidal thoughts, and Violence

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Racism, Cultural appropriation, Dementia, Gun violence, Incest, and Fatphobia

Minor: Xenophobia, Terminal illness, and Cancer