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kathleendayle 's review for:
Rebecca
by Daphne du Maurier
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Someone get this girl a Lexapro prescription! … at least, that’s what I wanted for her for the first two-thirds of this book. I identified with her in the worst of my own anxiety and people-pleasing. She was not a particularly inspiring character.
But things turn around in about chapter 19, where the story starts getting good. You realize that her shrinking-violet-ness not entirely her fault; like so many women, she’s conditioned by her time and the awful people around her. Her anxiety is a natural response to a world that values young women so little.
And then I couldn’t put it down. She starts to gain a bit of agency over her life and the house staff, finally, as the story unfolds and the suspenseful ending is revealed. Keep reading; it redeems itself in the end!
But things turn around in about chapter 19, where the story starts getting good. You realize that her shrinking-violet-ness not entirely her fault; like so many women, she’s conditioned by her time and the awful people around her. Her anxiety is a natural response to a world that values young women so little.
And then I couldn’t put it down. She starts to gain a bit of agency over her life and the house staff, finally, as the story unfolds and the suspenseful ending is revealed. Keep reading; it redeems itself in the end!
Content Warnings
Graphic: Bullying, Death, Emotional abuse, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Murder, Gaslighting, Classism
Moderate: Gun violence, Infidelity, Suicide, Terminal illness, Grief, Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Cancer, Infertility, Cultural appropriation, Alcohol, Colonisation