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Apparently this book is famous. The cover of my particular edition brags that it’s “the unsurpassed modern masterpiece of romantic suspense; … one of the bestselling novels of all time” and it’s even been made into a Hitchcock film that it seems everyone’s seen but me. I, however, was unfamiliar with the story. After reading through the first couple chapters, I was hooked on this book. I’d curl up under the covers and read a few pages before bedtime, all the while composing phrases in my mind fo
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All-time one of the best novels I have read. First read when I was fourteen and few novels compare with it still. If you love English settings and smart mysteries, don't miss it.
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I LOVED this book. There were so many things I enjoyed I don't know where to begin. I liked that it was told in the first person and the narrator had wandering thoughts and anxieties like a real person. She played out possible scenarios in her head, usually the worst case, and then had to wait, like everyone else, to see how things were going to turn out. She had fantasies, where real life never measured up, and had to deal with that too. The narrator was someone I could relate to because I have
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