Rating: Summary: Wonderfully Written! Review: This book was intriguing and suspenseful and all the good things a book could be. It ended kind of abruptly, but that didn't bother me because the rest of the story made up for it!
Rating: Summary: A magnificent book! Review: This book is on the list of my favorite novels. I initially read the book since I am a fan of mysteries. This book, although containing a mystery, clearly escapes the mystery genre, falling into the category of great literature. This novel can be read on several levels. Try reading several passages outloud. Du Maurier's prose begs to be read outloud.
Rating: Summary: A masterpiece of suspense Review: This is one of my all-time favorite books. Du Maurier's lush narrative transports you into the strange world of Manderley and the new Mrs. DeWinter. The atmosphere is so strong and complete that you feel the disorientation right along with this young girl who is trying to make sense of her new life, and you experience all of her horror as she discovers, bit by bit, who the first Mrs. DeWinter was. The plotting is exquisite, and the theme of captured time is but one of the thought-provoking threads in this carefully woven tale.
Rating: Summary: My Favorite Book Review: Rebecca captured me from the moment I open the cover. The detailed discription of every petal on the flowers, of every facial expression and what it relayed to the reader. The story swept me away with its interesting characters and twist and turns of the plot. As the book progressed I found myself not just relating to one character in the book but drawing from each a different aspect of life. When I read the last page of Rebecca I was yearning for more. Wanting to know what happened next. I literally read my copy to death. I had to resort to hard cover after going through so many paper backs they were falling apart. I have read a lot of great books in my years but none that stay with me as Rebecca does.
Rating: Summary: Wonderful suspension of disbelief Review: A shy poor girl is swept off her feet by a rich, handsome man who marries her and carries her off to his estate. Sounds like the end, doesn't it? No, that's how it starts. Instead of riding off into the sunset to live happily ever after, she finds herself in the role of great lady without any idea of how to pull it off. And then there is the matter of just how the last wife died . . . Miss DuMaurier turns our expectations inside out in a classic that was tailor-made for later film adaptation by Hitchcock. Wonderful for late at night, snuggled up under a blanket with hot cocoa. Arrange thunderstorm if possible.
Rating: Summary: An extremely interesting book! Review: It may begin slowly, but Rebecca is a terrific book that one should not go without reading. It is the captivating story of a young, rather poor girl marrying a forty year old, extremely wealthy man. The girl thinks her life with Mr. DeWinter will be nice and (although she wants some excitement) rather quiet. However, she soon realizes that a terrible secret looms over Manderley (Mr De Winter's mansion). A must read!
Rating: Summary: Very, very, good book Review: "Rebecca" is one of those rare books that really stays with you long after you have read it.When the second Mrs. de Winter (no first name is given in the book) comes to live with her new husband at his English country estate, Manderley, she finds mystery and intrigue around every corner. Mr. de Winter is still haunted by the memories of his first and beautiful wife, Rebecca. And although Rebecca is physically dead, Mrs. de Winter will find that she is still very much alive at Manderley. If you can get past the first few chapters, the story really begins to take off. The ending should get an award for "Best Surprise Ending in a book."
Rating: Summary: Boring beginning Review: I started this book and read about 10 pages. The whole time, the author was going off about the different kinds of plants which grew in this garden, and I didn't even know who the narrator was, and where the garden was. It was so boring and confusing that I did not read on. It probably gets much better, but I was not inspired to read more that I did.
Rating: Summary: The Best Mystery Romance of the 1900's Review: This novel places the reader in the setting of the English countryside and in the lives of Maxim De Winter and his new bride. I read this in college and have not gone a year since without reading it. I have my high school english students reading this novel also. It is amazing how reading just one book will get the modivation moving in a bunch of students to read more of an author's work. I would recommend this book to anyone. Even my sports minded husband has enjoyed it with me.
Rating: Summary: Rebecca Review: it was an ok book, it started out really boring and then it got better. it was kinda confusing and i didnt really understand the meaning of it. good luck to you who read it and i hope you enjoy it more than i did
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