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Jamaica Inn
by Daphne du Maurier
Let me start by saying that DuMaurier is an amazing writer. Her landscape descriptions are so beautiful and capture the setting of Cornwall so wonderfully.
I love Cornwall and loved reading about places that are familiar to me.
I enjoyed the novel throughout but found it really got into its stride in the last 75 pages or so. This was when the real thriller elements came in to play for me. I really felt the tension building, particularly in the scene where Mary returns to Jamaica Inn to find Joss Merlyn and Aunt Patience murdered.
I was doubtful of the trustworthiness of the vicar from Altarnum from the beginning, and when the big reveal came I was pleased to know my instincts were right!!
I loved Jem as a character and found the scenes with him in quite entertaining.
Mary was quite a strong character throughout but I found it hard to connect with her and didn’t have as much sympathy for her as I’d have liked. Even though she was involved in a lot of action in the novel, she still felt sort of passive to me.
However, it was a great novel and another example of DuMaurier’s skill and mastery of the novel form. But, it definitely does not surpass ‘Frenchman’s Creek’ for me - my favourite novel of hers that I’ve read so far!
I love Cornwall and loved reading about places that are familiar to me.
I enjoyed the novel throughout but found it really got into its stride in the last 75 pages or so. This was when the real thriller elements came in to play for me. I really felt the tension building, particularly in the scene where Mary returns to Jamaica Inn to find Joss Merlyn and Aunt Patience murdered.
I was doubtful of the trustworthiness of the vicar from Altarnum from the beginning, and when the big reveal came I was pleased to know my instincts were right!!
I loved Jem as a character and found the scenes with him in quite entertaining.
Mary was quite a strong character throughout but I found it hard to connect with her and didn’t have as much sympathy for her as I’d have liked. Even though she was involved in a lot of action in the novel, she still felt sort of passive to me.
However, it was a great novel and another example of DuMaurier’s skill and mastery of the novel form. But, it definitely does not surpass ‘Frenchman’s Creek’ for me - my favourite novel of hers that I’ve read so far!