Ariadna’s Comments (group member since Dec 11, 2017)

Ariadna’s comments from the 2022 ONTD Reading Challenge group.

I am #Team My Sister, the Serial Killer too. The stars aligned because it became available at my library today. #MeantToBe

Alyssa wrote: "i finished Rebecca. i wish it hadn't be markets as this tense, unsettling thriller, because while i enjoyed it, it wasn't really any of those things, so i felt a bit let down.
i'll be interested t..."

I can recommend the 1940s version directed by Hitchcock for moodiness. Also, Joan Fontaine does a good job on being naive without going overboard. Depending on your own feelings abt Lawrence Olivier, his version of Maxim might be kinda meh or smouldering IDK, lol. I've also watched the 1979 version and 1997 one too. They were okay-ish but less creepy than expected. Out of the two, the 1997 is far more solid than the 1979 one.

The fact that armie hammer is Maxim (when so many other good actors are right here to do that role) really makes me salty.

Rebecca was entertaining despite my total lack of surprise about the plot (which I knew beforehand).

Choosing to read the audiobook version, however, deffo helped me keep my attention in the goings on.

In any case, I can see how the book eventually became a classic. The writing was pretty solid throughout (though I deffo side-eyed Maxim's random mean behavior in the beginning. Like, when he tells the nameless narrator that he wishes she could never age to 36 and beyond.)

My pick was Rebecca mainly because of timing. I'd requested the audiobook back in...I want to say August of last year. Finally was able to borrow it in early January. :D