A review by aalmade
Daphne by Justine Picardie

3.0

This book goes between a modern-day grad student attempting to write a paper on Daphne du Maurier, du Marier herself, and Mr. Symington, a curator of Bronte relics who du Maurier roped into helping her write a book on Branwell Bronte. The Daphne parts were really interesting to me (I didn't know she was related to the Llewelyn Davies boys, and her relationships with her family and husband were all weirdly fascinating to me), but I hated reading the Symington chapters and while I sort of liked the main, modern-day character, she seemed a bit too pathetic to really enjoy (I know the author was trying to parallel her to the Narrator in Rebecca, but that chick was kinda lame, too). Basically this book just made me want to read a biography of Daphne du Maurier.