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I never would have picked this up if not for book club - I've seen parts of both movie adaptations, and had in my head that it was some terribly scary horror novel. Turns out, I was wrong - it's delightfully suspenseful and pervasively creepy, and above all, so beautifully written. It definitely deserves its "classic" status.
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I love this novel. I've read it several times, and every time I've sympathized with a different character, or learned something new about myself. The first time, I was the second Mrs. DeWinter - young, naive, so desperate for something new you're willing to be a real dumbdumb. The oppressive atmosphere and her fear of not doing things right leads her to all kind of stupid mistakes, which, same. But she loves Max enough to forgive him for fucking murdering someone, so, you know, not great. The se
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Heartbreaking for the first two thirds, then... Well some things shift and it didn't leave me as affected but I still really thoroughly enjoyed it and can't wait to read more du Maurier.
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It is almost embarrassing that I had read all of Gillian Flynn's oeuvre before I got around to reading Rebecca, Gone Girl's literary predecessor. Like in Gone Girl and Wuthering Heights, not a single character in Rebecca is sympathetic, but I got totally wrapped up in the disturbing story anyway. The novel starts slow, but I read the last half in just two sittings.
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I have absolutely no idea how I managed to make it almost 30 years without ever picking up Rebecca. It was a serious oversight. This is just such a splendid novel. It's one of those books I think you could turn to to learn how to write. At every single turn of the plot, I knew exactly what was coming, and yet I loved getting there. That's a brilliant sense of inevitability infused in the prose, instead of boring cliche. I loved how du Maurier constructed the narrator, her naivite, her obsessions
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Feb 16, 2012
Danae
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it was amazing
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Feb 22, 2013
Caitlin
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it was amazing
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Oct 01, 2015
Ashton
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