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Rebecca - Abridged by Daphne du Maurier

19 reviews

rory_john14's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Animal cruelty, Cancer, Death, Gun violence, Infertility, Infidelity, Misogyny, Sexism, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Murder, and Classism

Moderate: Alcoholism, Incest, Mental illness, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Dementia, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, Cultural appropriation, and Alcohol

Minor: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Suicidal thoughts, Forced institutionalization, Medical trauma, Pregnancy, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

eveilie's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

I'd advise readers to remember that Rebecca is a capital-R Romantic book. It's also gothic, and I think people overlook that. I don't think it's a book most people like the first time around, but that's the way of gothic literature. It requires a second read to fully understand what the book is about. In Rebecca, it's the characters and how you're supposed to feel about them that makes you need to re-read the book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Grief, and Murder

Moderate: Incest, Terminal illness, Medical content, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Gun violence and Suicide

This book is set in 1930s England. There's some mention of husbands abusing their wives, though nobody in the book is physically abused themselves. There is a discussion of gun use in relation to murder, though it is minor. One character can be seen as obsessive.

mai24's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death and Grief

Minor: Infidelity, Toxic relationship, Medical content, and Murder

loxeletters's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective slow-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexism, Grief, and Classism

Moderate: Cancer, Death, Suicide, Terminal illness, Murder, Cultural appropriation, and Alcohol

Minor: Incest, Infertility, Medical content, Pregnancy, and Fire/Fire injury

bethsicle's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Murder

Moderate: Ableism, Infidelity, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Grief, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Bullying, Cancer, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Incest, Infertility, Infidelity, Mental illness, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Medical content, Dementia, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

sunny_not's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

It was such a thrilling story. I went into this thinking that it was going to be like a ghost story mixed with a sad romance. I was right on the sad romance part but really missed the point in the ghost part. It was psychological thriller and there were many unexpected things happening .

When Maxim said "the look on her face while she was dying" I was like "How did you see that dude she died alone at sea. Then the twist, the twist hit so hard, it was better than many murder mystery novels. I'm still shook that Maxim actually killed Rebecca. Also I kept thinking that Rebecca was pregnant so the last twist was also unexpected to me.

It was a very complex story and after the first ten pages I was hooked. I might read this again in the future since it was that good. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Death, Infertility, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, Medical content, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

evieolive's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

4.5

Loved it!! Such an awesome atmosphere created.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Gun violence, Suicidal thoughts, and Medical content

Moderate: Death, Racism, Terminal illness, and Cultural appropriation

Minor: Death of parent and Classism

juju109's review against another edition

mysterious medium-paced

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

5.0

Wowie zowie. What a treat! The atmosphere is unreal, suspense kills you by the point you reach the halfway mark. And then, it keeps you on your toes some more. In awe of such mysterious and atmospherical writing. You also get character study on the main character (who bears no first name by the way, only Rebecca can have one). She evolves throughout the story, rising to the occasion though she is set up as young and useless for a big chunk of the novel. With first person narration you get a thorough glimpse of her psyche. Her anxiety (especially social anxiety) felt relatable and well described, I thought the way one sees oneself (negatively) and exagerates their defaults was spot on. The discussion of class was also welcome. 
Great twists and when you think it’s over it’s not, all the way to the end. Really, hat’s off to Daphné du Maurier. Excited to watch the adaptation by Hitchcock (1940) and the most recent one produced by Netflix (out of curiosity though I expect it won’t be nearly as good as Hitchcock’s). Unequivocally 5/5 read.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content and Murder

ellanarose's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad slow-paced

• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.25

Almost every problem the narrator went through could have been easily solved if she had never agreed to what I truly believe is the worst marriage proposal in fiction I've ever seen.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Death, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Misogyny, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Medical content, and Grief