heyheybooks 's review for:

I'll Never Be Young Again by Daphne du Maurier

2.0

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While it pains me a little to rate a book by the author of Rebecca two stars, I know I’m not alone, as this is one of her lowest rated books here. The first half is hard to connect to because the main character is all over the place with his feelings and reactions to his environment, and the second half he becomes a real dick (I have to think he was named Richard/Dick intentionally because of this) essentially forcing his uninterested girlfriend to sleep with him, this after he is oblivious to her attempts to shrug him off when they first meet, and then he goes on to refuse to marry her but demand she move in and give up her passion so she can be with him all the time. I finished the second half much more quickly because I just wanted to get through it already. I know Daphne Du Maurier felt drawn to writing from a male alter ego but I think she hit the mark a little too closely. XD I wouldn’t recommend this for anyone other than Du Maurier completionists, and even then, the least of all her books.