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Jamaica Inn by Daphne du Maurier
4.0
adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

 It must be a long time since I read this as I couldn't remember exactly what happens. Poor Mary Yellan's having a terrible year. Her mother dies, her home is sold, and she has to go and live at Jamaica Inn with feeble aunt Patience and horrible uncle Joss. What's he up to, anyway? Nothing good, for sure. Convincingly windswept, rainy and unpleasant descriptions of Bodmin Moor in the early nineteenth century, plus plenty of traumatic adventures.