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Summary: The best I've ever heard!
Review: This is a wonderfully written story which was greatly enhanced by Jean Marsh's reading it. I was convinced that Maxim was mourning the loss of his first wife. What I shocker when the truth came out. The twists and turns of the plots in this book kept me jumping to all kinds of conclusions. I would have given this book 5 stars if it concluded with what happened to Maxim and his second wife; come to think of it, I don't think her first name was ever mentioned. Anyway, the book left me wanting more and if you read it, so will you.
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Summary: Smart, Innovative and Addictive
Review: What's most excellent is that Rebecca, who's dead, is protrayed differently by the people who knew her. Yet the contrasting protraits is VERY rather fascinating because you wonder," Who is the REAL Rebecca?"; because, each protrait is biased and less than accurate. The author's style reminds me of Margaret Mitchell's: excellent and good balance of characters, narrative, setting, description, plot, ...etc (yet both of them stand alone in their successes). The plot had such great twists, especially spooky ones, that I must admit, I stayed up quite late when I should have lett early for the SATs the next day. But I HAD to read it! The very slight love scenes were nicely done: less was certainly more, yet it still gave me warm chills.
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Summary: greatly atmospheric, haunting
Review: i started out thinking this was going to be an enjoyable but somewhat light gothic romance- the huge estate, the sadistic servant, the distant and brooding husband, haunted rooms and hidden meanings in even the smallest gestures. often we slip into our nameless heroine's imaginings of things that have or might happen, mostly rooted in her well founded insecurities then suddenly, in a few pages, everything shifts. what follows is a very different, disturbing view of the world our characters inhabit. an impressive, spooky story.
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Summary: Rebecca: a fascinating tale
Review: I read this for the first time in 7th grade, and recently re-read it...I loved it even more this time. Dumaurier is a genius at creating atmosphere and tension with the smallest details-- a dinner menu, a broken figurine, a dress. The characters are multi-layered and believable, and the story builds at a steady pace so that you truly cannot put the book down. The gothic spookiness of Manderly and its inhabitants is only surpassed by the power and uneasiness we feel about a dead woman we never meet. Truly, DuMaurier has woven a masterful tale of suspense.
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Summary: Rebecca - Hard to put down
Review: I loved this book. I read it for a book club and put off starting it for several weeks. One of the most interesting things the author did was to never name the main character. It was very effective as a tool to keep her unimportant. She remained in the background of her own life. She let everyone, including her husband, keep her in the dark. By never assumming any status in her own home, and neglecting to ask even general questions of her husband's past marriage, she build a fantasy life that overshadowned her actual life. When her husband finally confided in her, her reaction was not what I expected. It was interesting how the reader is drawn in as her ally. I look forward to reading the sequel.
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Summary: A Must Read Book Followed by Hitchcock's Must-See Movie!
Review: There are very few novels that are followed by equally splendid movie versions. "Rebecca" is one of those few. Written in the first person, "I" (she is never given another name) marries wealthy widower Max De Winter. When she accompanies him to his estate, Manderly, she comes to suspect that he and everyone who surrounds him is still besotted with his beautiful, dead wife, Rebecca. The housekeeper, Mrs. Danvers, almost drives her crazy with always comparing her to that eternal paragon of beauty and delight. The novel seems to be set in the 1920s or 1930s in England. It was released as a movie in 1940 by Alfred Hitchcock and won many Oscars. Laurence Olivier played Max and Joan Fontaine played "I". Both the novel and the movie present marvelous elements of romance and mystery in a time period that is not used frequently enough for fiction. There is one difference between the novel and the film. Because of the rigid code of censorship existing then in Hollywood, Max is not as morally ambiguous in the film as he ultimately is in the novel. It makes no difference to me because I love both versions equally. I am not surprised that both have proven to be enduring classics. If you are feeling burned out by too many modern bad novels and even worse movies, try these two classics which have easily withstood the test of time.
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Summary: Prepare to be bored, for a while anyway
Review: Although I was I was bored at the author's rather lavish detail of surrounding landscape, I have to admit that this book read very well. I would recommend it to anyone who can handle being bored for a while until the book finally catches your attention, which it certainly will, half-way through the book.
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Summary: flowery, but poignant
Review: although i didn't care for the lavish description in this book, it read well and i would highly recommend it to anybody who can endure slight boredom until their attention is finally grasped.
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Summary: Last night I dreamt I went to Manderley again...
Review: To be blunt, "Rebecca" is a romance and a murder mystery rolled into one. Just to make sure, I must tell you that I never read romances. I did however make an exception for this book due to its unique qualities. "Rebecca" isn't a very romantic book at first. Our young, gauche heroine (whose name is never actually given) is suddenly proposed marriage by the brooding owner of the beautiful estate of Manderley, Maximilian de Winter. Her mind is abuzz - what does this dark brooding man find in her - a young, maladroit nobody - but cautiously accepts his offer and moves to his enourmous estate. At this point the book gains something akin to momentum: the entire body of the great palace is permeated by the influence of Maximilian's late wife - Rebecca, and our heroine lives in her shadow, far too afraid to confide in her distanced husband. She feels that everyone is scrutinizing her - relatives, servants; in her mind she constantly compares herself to Rebecca - a brilliant, charismatic woman everyone loved to death - but was that all there was to her? If this book is beginning to sound interesting to you - take caution. I can't say that it's not a masterpiece - but the plot moves very slowly and the pages are peppered with vivid descriptions and confusing sentence structures. Also, several others who read the book expressed concerns that several of the characters aren't fully developed (something I never noticed), and that the relationships between the major characters aren't as realistic as they would like (a claim that is at least partly true). If you want to read a quality romance that isn't cliche and has appeal to fans of other genres, you might wish to give "Rebecca" a chance.
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Summary: Mystery, Suspense, & Romance
Review: I loved this book! If you can get past the boring beginning it is GREAT!
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