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A review by mothmans_library
Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier
5.0
I read this book quite a while ago, and, when I had read it, I loved it. Tremendously so. I won't spoil anything but I will say that when I see people write adaptations of this book as "modern" versions, I get extremely frustrated because they paint it as this HUGE love story and, to be honest, it's really not.
I get so out of sorts when I read these synopsis' and I read something along the lines of "She moved to a new school to escape her past and start someplace fresh. She planned on keeping to herself and not becoming attached to anyone, but she soon becomes enraptured by the brooding young man who will talk to no one but her. And, even then, he's still stiff and reserved. Soon, she finds that he's still in love with his ex-girlfriend who died in a freak accident that almost nobody knows the details about. Will he ever get over his ex and turn his attentions to her?"
^^^ This is the kind of crap that grates me because UUUGGGHHHH, there are things I know that I can't say but I do know that that is so wrong, just wrong. Unless, later in the story it reveals what happens, but still, .....no.
Anyway, rant over. (:
I get so out of sorts when I read these synopsis' and I read something along the lines of "She moved to a new school to escape her past and start someplace fresh. She planned on keeping to herself and not becoming attached to anyone, but she soon becomes enraptured by the brooding young man who will talk to no one but her. And, even then, he's still stiff and reserved. Soon, she finds that he's still in love with his ex-girlfriend who died in a freak accident that almost nobody knows the details about. Will he ever get over his ex and turn his attentions to her?"
^^^ This is the kind of crap that grates me because UUUGGGHHHH, there are things I know that I can't say but I do know that that is so wrong, just wrong. Unless, later in the story it reveals what happens, but still, .....no.
Anyway, rant over. (: