lonestarwords 's review for:

Jamaica Inn by Daphne du Maurier

3.0

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I've had Jamaica Inn on my TBR for years, ever since reading Rebecca (multiple times) and loving My Cousin Rachel just as much. And right out of the gate the atmosphere she sets in Cornwall at the Jamaica Inn is pretty spectacular. But for some reason I could not connect with this plot, which did not feel like her other psychological thrillers. I expected much more about a creepy, British Inn but instead this is about a group of "wreckers" (who run ships aground so they can steal the cargo), and felt like I was watching a Hollywood movie - a bad one. Nothing about this felt like a duMaurier novel, (or at least the ones I know) with the exception of the first hour or so. The narration is excellent, I had no issue with that. The story itself just didn't hold a candle to the other two, which I hold among the greatest thriller/mysteries I've ever read. So the bar was set high, but this didn't come close.