Reviews tagging 'Confinement'

Jamaica Inn by Daphne du Maurier

4 reviews

bookwormcat's review

challenging dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexism, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Violence, Murder, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

sarasreading's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense medium-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

3.5

I was hoping to rate this book higher. Had it been my first Daphne du Maurier, it may have been, but it's my third. I was expecting a more compelling through line of mystery and suspicion that pulled me through the book, making it as unputdownable as her others. This one seemed to meander about, plot wise, which I wasn't expecting. It was still good, and surprising, and darker even than her other books I've read. I think I was just expecting more.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Emotional abuse, Violence, Kidnapping, and Murder

Moderate: Confinement and Death of parent

jessthanthree's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Alcoholism, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Confinement, Domestic abuse, Sexual assault, Death of parent, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Animal cruelty, Racial slurs, and Classism

foldingthepage_kayleigh's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

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

4.0

Daphne Du Maurier knows how to write settings that leap off the page and stories that fill the reader with dread. I also learned so much, about the moors and landscape (like what tors are), along with some of the goings-on of the time that I knew nothing about prior to reading this book

 (like what wreckers are)

. While I didn’t love this one as much as Rebecca, due to some problematic characterizations, it was still a page turner and very fitting within the du Maurier style that I have come to expect. Plus, it was neat to read a historical fiction book written by an author from a different era than both the time it’s set and our present time (written in the late 1930s, but book set in the 19th century). 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Alcoholism, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Murder, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Confinement

Minor: Sexual harassment