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The long first half takes its sweet time to get to the more exciting marriage state. Nonetheless, it is an enjoyable little book.
This is one of the novels that I studied while trying to teach myself how to write--how to interest the reader, how to show rather than tell, how to give such a sense about a character who never appears on the page. That is an amazing accomplishment. To create such a mysterious and intriguing person who never appears in the story except in past tense, or descriptions by other characters.
I suppose you could say that is the easiest way to make a character seem so compelling. Never allow them to sp ...more
I suppose you could say that is the easiest way to make a character seem so compelling. Never allow them to sp ...more
I hoped that I would like this book more, as it's a much-loved classic and favourite of many. Unfortunately, though the characters are creepily fascinating (especially Mrs. Danvers), and the writing wonderfully atmospheric, I only got really interested in the plot at approximately the 3/4 point (view spoiler)
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4.5
Sep 20, 2011
Jen
marked it as to-read
Jun 10, 2017
Amber
marked it as to-read
Mar 09, 2019
Weng
marked it as to-read
