My Cousin Rachel in Around the Year in 52 Books

May 29, 2015 Nancy rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: suspense, classics, quiddich

I was so surprised by this book. I really loved how Du Maurier maintained the suspense all the way through - I thoroughly enjoy books which leave you questioning at the end. Was Rachel really evil? Or was Phillip just paranoid and bordering on the insane at the very end? I loved how even up to the last few pages you couldn't tell, and although the letters which Phillip found seemed to indicate the latter, there was always that tiny shred of doubt.

I loved the character of Rachel throughout. I fou ...more

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Jul 18, 2018 Book Concierge rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: audio, suspense, 19th-century, england, library, concierge, strong-women, classic

Digital audio performed by Jonathan Pryce

Philip Ashley is the young heir to the great Cornwall estate owned by his cousin, Ambrose, who is his guardian and has been like a father to him. For health reasons, Ambrose goes to Italy in the winter months, but this time he does not return. He has married the lovely widowed Contessa and is staying for a time until her late husband’s affairs are fully settled. But then Ambrose dies suddenly, and Cousin Rachel shows up in Cornwall. Is she the bereaved w ...more

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Jan 22, 2020 Ron rated it really liked it

Philip Ashley is a young adult orphaned at an early age and raised by his wealthy cousin Ambrose. Ambrose promised to make Philip his heir, but he also married one of their distant cousins while wintering in Italy, a half-Italian woman named Rachel. From correspondence, Philip can see his cousin as a demon, but then after Ambrose's death she arrives at Philip's Cornish estate for an indefinite visit and the little angel is so beguiling even the dogs fall in love with her.

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Feb 24, 2017 Lauren rated it liked it

I loved Rebecca and I wanted to read more of this author and I heard this book being helmed the first Gone Girl. While I liked it it ran very slowly for my taste. So I struggled for the want to pick it up. But I still want to read more from this author because the writing was so well done.

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Jul 03, 2009 Andrea rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: own, 2010

I liked this book. It says on the front that it is a mystery, which I don't totally agree with, but I liked the story. I really liked the ending.

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Nov 12, 2008 Jessica rated it liked it · review of another edition

A serviceable gothic thriller. It's not up the standards of Rebecca, one of my favorite books, but it certainly was enjoyable. The ending is a bit ambiguous, which I enjoyed. ...more

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