Reviews tagging 'Suicide'

Rebeka by Daphne du Maurier

140 reviews

hannahdrake42's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense slow-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicide

lk_mcgrewski's review against another edition

tense slow-paced

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

2.75

Book can essentially be split into thirds with their own central plot: 1. P3dophilia, 2. Mystery, and 3. Political/judiciary discourse
It’s giving Walmart Jane Eyre

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Misogyny, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Grief, Murder, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Ableism, Mental illness, Suicide, and Violence

Minor: Suicide attempt

thereadingcat15's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Suicide, and Murder

vonaegir's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

a gothic, foreboding tale with twists you see coming in the best way possible. despite knowing what to expect due to this book's existence in the cultural milieu, i was still steeped in dread and on the edge of my seat with every chapter. in my opinion, the best way to read this story is to question everything, right until the very end. what ultimately makes this novel five stars for me is the way it stays with you afterwards, how you stew in the possibilities and complex picture presented once you've turned the last page. this is a book that begs you to question the information presented to you, both by the narrator and by the people she interacts with. 

personally, i think the question that will stay with me is, of course, about the titular rebecca. namely, was she as monstrous as we are lead to believe by the end? to me, the staying power of this story is in the absence of a clear answer to that question, among many others.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Toxic relationship, and Murder

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders and Suicide

turidt's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Sexism, Grief, and Classism

Moderate: Ableism, Toxic relationship, and Murder

Minor: Gun violence, Incest, Suicide, Fire/Fire injury, and Alcohol

lizetteratura's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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

4.5

Rebecca the absolute CLASSIC you are 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Toxic relationship, and Murder

Moderate: Cancer, Infidelity, and Suicide

Minor: Incest and Infertility

babyjillysmom's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad fast-paced

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

5.0

This book sticks with you after read it.  You reflect on the revelations unfolded and question your own character.  I loved this book.  Written in 1920s the emotions still hold true in 2024.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Homophobia, Infertility, Infidelity, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, and Murder

rajaraks's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Minor: Suicide and Murder

fromvictory's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• 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

Graphic: Bullying

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Suicide, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Pregnancy, and Gaslighting

kingcrookback's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

I wouldn't necessarily say I enjoyed this so much as I found it interesting - in the sense that I think I'd have liked to have studied it in a literature class. There's a richness to du Maurier's writing that would lend itself to literary analysis. (I still might head over to JSTOR to see what's been written on.) If I'd read this in my early twenties or my teens, I think I would've wanted to interpret the story as a romance. As it is, I currently read the narrator as an impressionable young girl, eager to please, being manipulated by an older man who has power and influence.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Toxic relationship, and Murder

Moderate: Cancer, Infidelity, Suicide, and Terminal illness

Minor: Incest and Infertility