books_lovekat 's review for:

Jamaica Inn by Daphne du Maurier

4.0

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As the reading dates suggest, I struggled with this one. Even though the writing is richly descriptive, the characters are well defined and so unique to each other, and the main character Mary especially is likeable, I found it hard to get into and slow paced. However once I got to the latter third it suddenly picked up the pace and the suspense built up until I really couldn’t put it down! The ending was satisfying and I actually didn’t see the twist coming, though perhaps given the stereotypes of the time I really should’ve. Definitely a book worth committing to.