Reviews tagging 'Terminal illness'

Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier

89 reviews

phoenyxashes19's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense slow-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death and Murder

Minor: Cancer and Terminal illness

I have mixed feelings about this book. First of all, I really loved the writing and the way the story was told. It really encapsulated the mood. The characters were well written and the storyline too. There was suspense.

Why I said I have mixed feelings? Well, I really wanted to root for the main leads but they were kind of awful people. I get that your ex wife is a whore and says a lot of bad stuff… but to kill her? And on top of that when the new wife finds about it she isn't even terrified? She's just like “well now I get to have this man all to my self”.

But overall it was a refreshing read. I also recommend the audiobook narrated by *Classic Ghost Stories Podcast - Tony Walker* on youtube

kurumipanda's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Sexism, Grief, and Classism

Moderate: Gun violence, Infidelity, Toxic relationship, Suicide attempt, and Murder

Minor: Animal cruelty, Biphobia, Cancer, Incest, Terminal illness, Dementia, Death of parent, and Cultural appropriation

exclipse's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

5.0

Rewrote my brain chemistry. I thought all of the characters were lovable and relatable in their own way but that's probably a sign of mental illness!!! 10/10 because it's the only book to contain my queen Beatrice Lacy.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Ableism, Animal cruelty, Gun violence, Incest, Infertility, Infidelity, Racism, and Terminal illness

Minor: Fatphobia, Forced institutionalization, Fire/Fire injury, Sexual harassment, and War

rsoule7's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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

Moderate: Ableism, Death, Infidelity, Misogyny, Sexism, Suicide, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Grief, and Murder

Minor: Animal cruelty, Cancer, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Infertility, Terminal illness, Dementia, and Cultural appropriation

time4tori2read's review against another edition

dark emotional tense slow-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

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Domestic abuse, Toxic relationship, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Terminal illness

the_embodiment_of_chaos's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Suicide, Toxic relationship, and Murder

Moderate: Mental illness

Minor: Incest, Infidelity, Terminal illness, Death of parent, Pregnancy, and Classism

yellow_minotaur'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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Suicide

Moderate: Cancer, Terminal illness, Suicide attempt, and Alcohol

Minor: Incest

raisinreads's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

3.75

yeah, I would not call it romantic, but I enjoyed it. These old write authors always hit you with the casual racism.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Racism, Violence, Murder, Cultural appropriation, and Alcohol

Minor: Cancer, Incest, Infertility, Terminal illness, and Medical content

blacksphinx's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense slow-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Racism, Toxic relationship, Grief, Murder, Cultural appropriation, and Alcohol

Moderate: Alcoholism, Incest, Infidelity, Forced institutionalization, Dementia, and Classism

Minor: Cancer, Infertility, Suicide, Terminal illness, Medical content, and Fire/Fire injury

loudes's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship

Moderate: Murder

Minor: Cancer, Incest, and Terminal illness

nothing graphic at all, even

the description of rebecca's murder is not detailed or gore-y