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Jamaica Inn
by Daphne du Maurier
dark
mysterious
medium-paced
Jamaica Inn is my third Daphne du Maurier novel, after Rebecca and Frenchman’s Creek, both were 5-star reads for me. Jamaica Inn has the same magical, beautiful, atmospheric writing that I’ve come to associate with du Maurier. But the story seemed a bit disconnected and the characters are not as rich nor have the depth of du Maurier’s characters in Rebecca or Frenchman’s Creek. I wasn’t engaged in the love story and I wanted more from the uncle and more about the wreckers.
Dark, brooding, and violent but in a less compelling way than other duMaurier works. It felt almost suffocatingly gloomy. The feeling something is off the whole time resonates with the reader to such a degree that it’s disturbing. I enjoyed the writing and characters but didn’t love the story.
Dark, brooding, and violent but in a less compelling way than other duMaurier works. It felt almost suffocatingly gloomy. The feeling something is off the whole time resonates with the reader to such a degree that it’s disturbing. I enjoyed the writing and characters but didn’t love the story.