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A review by yggie
Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier
challenging
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
3.0
The last few months I’ve mostly been reading sweet, silly, easy books, and I didn’t realize I had actually missed slow, meandering, thoughtful prose. This was so well written, that even if it made me wildly uncomfortable, I still wanted to read on. My goodness, what an intense book.
I thought Maxim was a dick, and he should not have married our nameless heroine. There, I said it. My heart ached for her most of the time, and he deliberately let her suffer because he adored the lost, helpless look on her face. When she finally had to find her own strength because of the shit he pulled, he had the nerve to tell her she lost that endearing quality he had loved so much. Not cool, Maxim, not cool.
To be honest, not a great choice to read if you’re rather depressed and painfully eager to please the people around you, unless you’re in therapy and really up for some serious practice.
I thought Maxim was a dick, and he should not have married our nameless heroine. There, I said it. My heart ached for her most of the time, and he deliberately let her suffer because he adored the lost, helpless look on her face. When she finally had to find her own strength because of the shit he pulled, he had the nerve to tell her she lost that endearing quality he had loved so much. Not cool, Maxim, not cool.
To be honest, not a great choice to read if you’re rather depressed and painfully eager to please the people around you, unless you’re in therapy and really up for some serious practice.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Death, Emotional abuse, Suicide, Murder, Infidelity, Toxic relationship, and Pregnancy