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debtat2's review against another edition
5.0
“Last night Rebekah tried to murder me again.”
How to start a book that insures interest is piqued from the get go! 🤩
I don’t know what has been up with me just lately but I just haven’t been able to get my teeth stuck into any books which was weird and downright worrying, and then I started this one and my readers block was instantly lifted. (Thank You Lisa Gabriele!) So much so that I tore through it in one sitting. Now I’m just suffering sleep deprivation instead 😂
This might be sacrilege to say being an avid reader but …. I have never read Rebecca 😱 But now I think maybe I should remedy that faux pas if this book was anything to go by. So I can’t pass comment to the inspiration or homage to Rebecca just yet but in some respects I think reading The Winters with no comparisons worked to my advantage. Reading it with a fresh pair of eyes and preconceptions there was no expectations and I just thoroughly enjoyed it on its own merit.
The storyline was fascinating as are the characters, even if not all are completely likeable. Told from the main protagonist’s narration, (who remains nameless!) from her life working in the Cayman’s where she meets the handsomely charming Max Winters, their whirlwind romance and her move to his ancestral home, Asherley, in the wealthy Hampton’s to become the new Mrs Winters. Her very own Cinderella, rags to riches fairytale. Or so it would seem!
Max lost his first wife in a tragic accident leaving him to raise his daughter Dani alone and being as normal as a privileged teenager can be she is less than enthusiastic about her fathers new wife to be. But is it as simple as not liking her new stepmum? Not wanting her mother to be replaced and another woman walking in her mothers shoes so to speak?
At every turn around the opulent Asherley she is faced with the previous Mrs Winters, Rebekah’s presence. From the hundreds of photos of Rebekah that Dani keeps on display of her mother and their happy family to Rebekah’s room which is still untouched our heroine feels almost compelled to compare herself to the stunning woman who came before her. Even the wedding is planned into being the opposite to Max’s first one.
As the wedding draws ever nearer the tensions between Dani, Max and the new stepmother ratchets up even further bringing with it a few twists and turns along the way. Will the wedding proceed or will Dani’s behaviour call a halt to the proceedings and frighten her new stepmum into leaving Asherley for good?
I absolutely loved this book and thoroughly enjoyed it start to finish and could quite happily read it all over again 😀
Whether you have read Rebecca or not this is a great read and I can see it hitting the top ten when it’s published on 31 Oct 2018 on kindle and 15 Nov 2018 in hardback as it really is that good!
How to start a book that insures interest is piqued from the get go! 🤩
I don’t know what has been up with me just lately but I just haven’t been able to get my teeth stuck into any books which was weird and downright worrying, and then I started this one and my readers block was instantly lifted. (Thank You Lisa Gabriele!) So much so that I tore through it in one sitting. Now I’m just suffering sleep deprivation instead 😂
This might be sacrilege to say being an avid reader but …. I have never read Rebecca 😱 But now I think maybe I should remedy that faux pas if this book was anything to go by. So I can’t pass comment to the inspiration or homage to Rebecca just yet but in some respects I think reading The Winters with no comparisons worked to my advantage. Reading it with a fresh pair of eyes and preconceptions there was no expectations and I just thoroughly enjoyed it on its own merit.
The storyline was fascinating as are the characters, even if not all are completely likeable. Told from the main protagonist’s narration, (who remains nameless!) from her life working in the Cayman’s where she meets the handsomely charming Max Winters, their whirlwind romance and her move to his ancestral home, Asherley, in the wealthy Hampton’s to become the new Mrs Winters. Her very own Cinderella, rags to riches fairytale. Or so it would seem!
Max lost his first wife in a tragic accident leaving him to raise his daughter Dani alone and being as normal as a privileged teenager can be she is less than enthusiastic about her fathers new wife to be. But is it as simple as not liking her new stepmum? Not wanting her mother to be replaced and another woman walking in her mothers shoes so to speak?
At every turn around the opulent Asherley she is faced with the previous Mrs Winters, Rebekah’s presence. From the hundreds of photos of Rebekah that Dani keeps on display of her mother and their happy family to Rebekah’s room which is still untouched our heroine feels almost compelled to compare herself to the stunning woman who came before her. Even the wedding is planned into being the opposite to Max’s first one.
As the wedding draws ever nearer the tensions between Dani, Max and the new stepmother ratchets up even further bringing with it a few twists and turns along the way. Will the wedding proceed or will Dani’s behaviour call a halt to the proceedings and frighten her new stepmum into leaving Asherley for good?
I absolutely loved this book and thoroughly enjoyed it start to finish and could quite happily read it all over again 😀
Whether you have read Rebecca or not this is a great read and I can see it hitting the top ten when it’s published on 31 Oct 2018 on kindle and 15 Nov 2018 in hardback as it really is that good!
debtat2's review against another edition
5.0
“Last night Rebekah tried to murder me again.”
How to start a book that insures interest is piqued from the get go! 🤩
I don’t know what has been up with me just lately but I just haven’t been able to get my teeth stuck into any books which was weird and downright worrying, and then I started this one and my readers block was instantly lifted. (Thank You Lisa Gabriele!) So much so that I tore through it in one sitting. Now I’m just suffering sleep deprivation instead 😂
This might be sacrilege to say being an avid reader but …. I have never read Rebecca 😱 But now I think maybe I should remedy that faux pas if this book was anything to go by. So I can’t pass comment to the inspiration or homage to Rebecca just yet but in some respects I think reading The Winters with no comparisons worked to my advantage. Reading it with a fresh pair of eyes and preconceptions there was no expectations and I just thoroughly enjoyed it on its own merit.
The storyline was fascinating as are the characters, even if not all are completely likeable. Told from the main protagonist’s narration, (who remains nameless!) from her life working in the Cayman’s where she meets the handsomely charming Max Winters, their whirlwind romance and her move to his ancestral home, Asherley, in the wealthy Hampton’s to become the new Mrs Winters. Her very own Cinderella, rags to riches fairytale. Or so it would seem!
Max lost his first wife in a tragic accident leaving him to raise his daughter Dani alone and being as normal as a privileged teenager can be she is less than enthusiastic about her fathers new wife to be. But is it as simple as not liking her new stepmum? Not wanting her mother to be replaced and another woman walking in her mothers shoes so to speak?
At every turn around the opulent Asherley she is faced with the previous Mrs Winters, Rebekah’s presence. From the hundreds of photos of Rebekah that Dani keeps on display of her mother and their happy family to Rebekah’s room which is still untouched our heroine feels almost compelled to compare herself to the stunning woman who came before her. Even the wedding is planned into being the opposite to Max’s first one.
As the wedding draws ever nearer the tensions between Dani, Max and the new stepmother ratchets up even further bringing with it a few twists and turns along the way. Will the wedding proceed or will Dani’s behaviour call a halt to the proceedings and frighten her new stepmum into leaving Asherley for good?
I absolutely loved this book and thoroughly enjoyed it start to finish and could quite happily read it all over again 😀
Whether you have read Rebecca or not this is a great read and I can see it hitting the top ten when it’s published on 31 Oct 2018 on kindle and 15 Nov 2018 in hardback as it really is that good!
How to start a book that insures interest is piqued from the get go! 🤩
I don’t know what has been up with me just lately but I just haven’t been able to get my teeth stuck into any books which was weird and downright worrying, and then I started this one and my readers block was instantly lifted. (Thank You Lisa Gabriele!) So much so that I tore through it in one sitting. Now I’m just suffering sleep deprivation instead 😂
This might be sacrilege to say being an avid reader but …. I have never read Rebecca 😱 But now I think maybe I should remedy that faux pas if this book was anything to go by. So I can’t pass comment to the inspiration or homage to Rebecca just yet but in some respects I think reading The Winters with no comparisons worked to my advantage. Reading it with a fresh pair of eyes and preconceptions there was no expectations and I just thoroughly enjoyed it on its own merit.
The storyline was fascinating as are the characters, even if not all are completely likeable. Told from the main protagonist’s narration, (who remains nameless!) from her life working in the Cayman’s where she meets the handsomely charming Max Winters, their whirlwind romance and her move to his ancestral home, Asherley, in the wealthy Hampton’s to become the new Mrs Winters. Her very own Cinderella, rags to riches fairytale. Or so it would seem!
Max lost his first wife in a tragic accident leaving him to raise his daughter Dani alone and being as normal as a privileged teenager can be she is less than enthusiastic about her fathers new wife to be. But is it as simple as not liking her new stepmum? Not wanting her mother to be replaced and another woman walking in her mothers shoes so to speak?
At every turn around the opulent Asherley she is faced with the previous Mrs Winters, Rebekah’s presence. From the hundreds of photos of Rebekah that Dani keeps on display of her mother and their happy family to Rebekah’s room which is still untouched our heroine feels almost compelled to compare herself to the stunning woman who came before her. Even the wedding is planned into being the opposite to Max’s first one.
As the wedding draws ever nearer the tensions between Dani, Max and the new stepmother ratchets up even further bringing with it a few twists and turns along the way. Will the wedding proceed or will Dani’s behaviour call a halt to the proceedings and frighten her new stepmum into leaving Asherley for good?
I absolutely loved this book and thoroughly enjoyed it start to finish and could quite happily read it all over again 😀
Whether you have read Rebecca or not this is a great read and I can see it hitting the top ten when it’s published on 31 Oct 2018 on kindle and 15 Nov 2018 in hardback as it really is that good!
tbrq4's review against another edition
3.0
I enjoyed this read overall but felt it took a bit too long to get into the “good” parts. The love story is nice and the details leading up to their meeting and relationship evolving are nice. The twists and excitement seemed to all be left to the last chapter or so which left me slightly disappointed. It took me a while to finish the book and stay interested waiting for things to pick up.
cancerbb94's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
4.0
One thing about me? I’m a slut for a gothic novel with a haunted house, an unhinged woman, and a lying man who gets his comeuppance
jane_kelsey's review against another edition
5.0
The Winters is a new thrilling novel inspired by the classic Rebecca by Daphne Du Maurier. It follows the whirlwind romance between Max Winter and a young woman who falls desperately in love with him. She is whisked to Asherley, his secluded mansion in Long Island, where the memory of his first wife Rebekah still haunts the halls.
This novel did a fabulous job in capturing the soul of the story and transporting it in modern times. The narrative is supported by a well-rounded cast of characters that you cannot help but care for them. I really loved Dani’s character, Max’s daughter. She was portrayed almost psychotic but uncovering the layers of her personality and her motivations was a journey in itself. Dani is one of this unabashed characters that live life fast and hard, expressing their feelings unafraid just like her mother did before her. The late Rebekah might be dead, but her presence at the Asherley is very much alive, haunting the new fiance with her bigger than life persona.
The new fiance of Max Winter is a young woman who struggled and lost greatly in her life, unused to luxuries or wealth. The appearance of Max turns her world upside down and allured by the promise of safety, love and a good future she follows him to Asherley. She is thrust into this new world that she knows nothing about, having to navigate in the shadow of Rebekah and dealing with an angry teenager who makes her life a living hell. And we get to know this woman and what she is made of as events slowly unfold and you can feel it building up like a crescendo towards an unpredictable finality.
This is not just a gothic mystery thriller, it’s also a story about complex young women, the dynamics between sexes, the differences between classes but most of all, it’s about power. The relationships within the Asherley household felt real and a catalyst for the events unfolding in The Winters and the perfect backdrop to the narrative. The dynamics between the women was done really well.
The writing style is immersive and I fell in love with the lyrical storytelling from the first page. We are told the story through the eyes of the new fiance and her voice draws you in her world, enticing the reader with her compelling story.
The Winters is a compelling, intense novel that I can recommend to anyone to read!
This novel did a fabulous job in capturing the soul of the story and transporting it in modern times. The narrative is supported by a well-rounded cast of characters that you cannot help but care for them. I really loved Dani’s character, Max’s daughter. She was portrayed almost psychotic but uncovering the layers of her personality and her motivations was a journey in itself. Dani is one of this unabashed characters that live life fast and hard, expressing their feelings unafraid just like her mother did before her. The late Rebekah might be dead, but her presence at the Asherley is very much alive, haunting the new fiance with her bigger than life persona.
The new fiance of Max Winter is a young woman who struggled and lost greatly in her life, unused to luxuries or wealth. The appearance of Max turns her world upside down and allured by the promise of safety, love and a good future she follows him to Asherley. She is thrust into this new world that she knows nothing about, having to navigate in the shadow of Rebekah and dealing with an angry teenager who makes her life a living hell. And we get to know this woman and what she is made of as events slowly unfold and you can feel it building up like a crescendo towards an unpredictable finality.
This is not just a gothic mystery thriller, it’s also a story about complex young women, the dynamics between sexes, the differences between classes but most of all, it’s about power. The relationships within the Asherley household felt real and a catalyst for the events unfolding in The Winters and the perfect backdrop to the narrative. The dynamics between the women was done really well.
The writing style is immersive and I fell in love with the lyrical storytelling from the first page. We are told the story through the eyes of the new fiance and her voice draws you in her world, enticing the reader with her compelling story.
The Winters is a compelling, intense novel that I can recommend to anyone to read!
kari13's review against another edition
dark
emotional
mysterious
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
3.0
beastreader's review against another edition
4.0
I really enjoyed this book so much. It took me by surprise in a great way. Mrs. Winters is the voice of this story. This book had a gothic/psychological thriller vibe. Now, if this does not get your attention; the storyline itself will grab you.
I was trying to figure out what the mystery surrounding the former Mrs. Winter was all about. I will tell you that you should just forget about trying to figure the mystery out and just sit back relax and enjoy reading this book. There was an aire of the gothic vibes felt the whole time I was reading this book. Not to mention the fact that it was like a movie playing in my head.
Speaking of the ending. It did not disappoint. From start to finish, I had a great time reading this book. In fact, it got me out of my reading slump. Author, Lisa Gabriele pens a haunting story that will keep you sitting on the edge of your seat until the very last page!
I was trying to figure out what the mystery surrounding the former Mrs. Winter was all about. I will tell you that you should just forget about trying to figure the mystery out and just sit back relax and enjoy reading this book. There was an aire of the gothic vibes felt the whole time I was reading this book. Not to mention the fact that it was like a movie playing in my head.
Speaking of the ending. It did not disappoint. From start to finish, I had a great time reading this book. In fact, it got me out of my reading slump. Author, Lisa Gabriele pens a haunting story that will keep you sitting on the edge of your seat until the very last page!
almond's review against another edition
5.0
A modern re-telling off Rebecca with a conclusion that made more sense to me
toniclark's review against another edition
4.0
Some people don’t like retellings of classic literature. I like them a lot! If you do, I think you will really enjoy this one!