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Wow.
I just closed this book and all I can think is wow, but I realize that's not terribly articulate so let me try again. Obviously, first time I read this book. I am in awe of the writer. The suspense kept me reading well past my bedtime and had me so tense I was actually kind of jumpy this morning at breakfast. It has been a very long time since I've had a book calling to me, pulling me back, refusing to let me think of much else until I had satisfied my curiosity. Now that I know the whole s ...more
I just closed this book and all I can think is wow, but I realize that's not terribly articulate so let me try again. Obviously, first time I read this book. I am in awe of the writer. The suspense kept me reading well past my bedtime and had me so tense I was actually kind of jumpy this morning at breakfast. It has been a very long time since I've had a book calling to me, pulling me back, refusing to let me think of much else until I had satisfied my curiosity. Now that I know the whole s ...more
I like this book even more now than when I first read it as a seventeen year old. I love that it is such a ghost story, but with no fantasy involved. I completely identify with the main character and her ability to completely invent a future, be it good or not, in a matter of seconds with nothing but a glance and an overactive imagination. Du Maurier is a genius.
Sep 15, 2011
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