Rebecca in Books I Want To Talk About

Jul 25, 2009 Sera rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: favorites, 1001-books, own, classics

This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here. ****SPOILERS FROM BOTH THE BOOK AND THE MOVIE AND JANE EYRE******

After a relatively slow start, once this book hit its climax, the suspense of what would happen next continued to build until it reached a wallop of an ending. My understanding is that there is a tendency to compare this book to Jane Eyre - the orphan who meets a rich man whom she wished to wed, but he holds a horrible secret regarding a former woman in his life. The heroines are similar too - average looking, lonely, and naive, bu ...more

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Feb 22, 2009 Meghan rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: own, rg-bookclub, classics, modern-classics, favorites, british, mystery, hardcover, movie, book-club

When I first encountered Rebecca it was two years ago and a bookclub had chosen it for the month. My friends all raved about it--same friends who love Jane Austen and the Bronte sisters. I dreaded reading this book, with fears of misty moors and silly, ridiculous, dreary heroines. But for some reason, this month, I was overcome with an urge to read a "classic" and figured since another bookclub had chosen this book, to give it a try.

Boy am I glad I did. It was a little slow going in the beginnin ...more

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Mar 30, 2010 Jennifer Zimny rated it liked it

If I truly could give this book an honest rating it would be 3.5 stars, rather than 3.

I bought Rebecca on a recommendation because I was told it had airs of Jane Eyre throughout it, and it was one of those books I have always meant to read. . . .one of those movies I have always meant to see. . . .one of those stories I knew had a mysterious twist to it that I didn't know! So I was excited to plow through this book to find out what exactly made up a book that was proclaimed to be "the book of t ...more

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Jul 17, 2007 Sarah rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: 1001-must-read, recommend-to-friends, book-club-rg, book-club, page-to-screen, owned

This gets four stars instead of five because I spent the first half of the book annoyed with the heroine. But I liked her for the second half of the book, and I loved du Maurier's writing style. I enjoyed the way the suspense built, and I liked the way the heroine's sense of self was reflected in her attitude toward Manderley. The book was beautifully written! ...more

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Aug 21, 2008 Deborah rated it liked it

Although I liked the book, this is one where I prefer the movie to the book. When I re-read it after seeing the movie, I put in all the Hitchcokian touches and nuances.

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