Reviews

The King's General by Daphne du Maurier

marina_claveria's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

petrauusimaa's review against another edition

adventurous emotional slow-paced

3.5

julie7's review against another edition

3.0

3⭐️= Average.
Paperback.
This was one of DDM’s slower books but still, the writing was captivating. She certainly knows how to set a scene and bring a story to life.
The subject matter was not really to my taste. I preferred Rebecca, My Cousin Rachel and The Scapegoat.

maryyyyyyy's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No

3.25

mackplank30's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

This book was quite enjoyable, though parts of it felt a bit slow to read. The English civil war is a very complicated historical event with a lot of back and forth between winners and losers, it’s a complicated thing to retell with a narrative structure even when focusing only on a small aspect of it. The first half of the book was very compelling and making a disabled character the main protagonist is really refreshing especially within historical fiction. The writing and prose is all very classic Daphne du Maurier. An enjoyable read but definitely not her best. 

ania2204's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

connor_shirs's review against another edition

2.0

I think I might be the minority here, but I hated this book. I kept reading just because I was so close to being finished with it. Some people say this is even better than Rebecca and My Cousin Rachel. What? Richard Grenville left for the war, came back, left again, came back, only to leave one more time. Never saw that coming. What kind of High School Musical bulls*** is this?

Honor was a very average character, it didn't seem like she had that much of a personality, and her love interest was even worse. It seemed like Daphne du Maurier was trying to get the reader to care about the relationship between Honor and Richard, I just didn't. Also, if you don't know anything about the English Civil War, do yourself a favor and do some research before going in, that is if you want to read it. I had no clue what was going on politically the whole novel. I thought that The House on the Strand would be the worst du Maurier novel, but this was so much worse.

nessnessness's review against another edition

adventurous dark informative mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

yasamanvf's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

ranam's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional relaxing

5.0