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My Cousin Rachel

Daphne du Maurier

Start date: April 2, 2014

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Why we're reading this: I am decades behind sampling this renound weaver of gothic mystery. The chance to jointly read it is exci…more
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Jan 13, 2014 C. (Comment, never msg). rated it really liked it · review of another edition

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I heard Daphne Du Maurier equated with gothic mystery. “My Cousin Rachel” is my introduction. It comes across as general fiction, a slow pace. A simmering plot is a sound technique but it wasn’t offset by a burst of events, except too late to propel the novel as a thriller. There was no reward of full disclosure, which is called for in a story that doesn’t abound with action. The introduction sets up something more macabre than most of the story contains.

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Sep 18, 2018 Erin *Proud Book Hoarder* rated it really liked it · review of another edition

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“The point is, life has to be endured, and lived. But how to live it is the problem.”

I have a few irritants that rubbed me the wrong way, but not many can weave a gothic spell like du Maurier did. She was an incredibly talented writer; her way with words absorbs me. This plot wasn’t flawless, unfortunately, but it’s still worth reading for her writing style and characterization. She dared to write unusual traits in characters, such as the overdone blind-faith in Rebecca and the unusually feisty ...more

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