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Rebecca
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~ 3. 25 stars ~
I loved the first half, even though there wasn’t a plot, but then the main character started annoying me. I don’t mind her character, but I found her to be ignorant after a while. I saw the ‘big reveal� coming when I was 20% through, so there wasn’t really anything for me to look forward to as such. The writing and audiobook narration were hands down the best parts of the book.
*Jane Eyre mild spoiler*
Over all, the book was entertaining and really reminded me of Jane Eyre, which unfortunately I’m not a fan of. I definitely liked this more, but in both these books I wish the MC left the man and went on to live a single life, even though I suppose it wouldn’t have been possible at that time.
Content/ Trigger Warnings- Ableism, Adultery, Cancer, Dementia, Drowning, Murder, Social anxiety, Anxiety, Self-doubt, Suicide, Fainting, Racism, Self-harm (narrator digs nails into her palms often)
Review written on 17th November, 2024.
DISCLAIMER-All opinions on books I’ve read and reviewed are my own, and are with no intention to offend anyone. If you feel offended by my reviews, let me know how I can fix it.
How I Rate-
1 star- Hardly liked anything/was disappointed
2 star- Had potential but did not deliver/was disappointed
3 stars- Was ok but could have been better/was average/Enjoyed a lot but something was missing
4 stars- Loved a lot but something was missing
5 stars- Loved it/new favourite
I loved the first half, even though there wasn’t a plot, but then the main character started annoying me. I don’t mind her character, but I found her to be ignorant after a while. I saw the ‘big reveal� coming when I was 20% through, so there wasn’t really anything for me to look forward to as such. The writing and audiobook narration were hands down the best parts of the book.
*Jane Eyre mild spoiler*
Over all, the book was entertaining and really reminded me of Jane Eyre, which unfortunately I’m not a fan of. I definitely liked this more, but in both these books I wish the MC left the man and went on to live a single life, even though I suppose it wouldn’t have been possible at that time.
Content/ Trigger Warnings- Ableism, Adultery, Cancer, Dementia, Drowning, Murder, Social anxiety, Anxiety, Self-doubt, Suicide, Fainting, Racism, Self-harm (narrator digs nails into her palms often)
Review written on 17th November, 2024.
DISCLAIMER-All opinions on books I’ve read and reviewed are my own, and are with no intention to offend anyone. If you feel offended by my reviews, let me know how I can fix it.
How I Rate-
1 star- Hardly liked anything/was disappointed
2 star- Had potential but did not deliver/was disappointed
3 stars- Was ok but could have been better/was average/Enjoyed a lot but something was missing
4 stars- Loved a lot but something was missing
5 stars- Loved it/new favourite
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“If only there could be an invention that bottled up a memory, like scent. And it never faded, and it never got stale. And then, when one wanted it, the bottle could be uncorked, and it would be like living the moment all over again.”
― Rebecca
― Rebecca
“Happiness is not a possession to be prized, it is a quality of thought, a state of mind.”
― Rebecca
― Rebecca
“I am glad it cannot happen twice, the fever of first love. For it is a fever, and a burden, too, whatever the poets may say.”
― Rebecca
― Rebecca
“I wondered how many people there were in the world who suffered, and continued to suffer, because they could not break out from their own web of shyness and reserve, and in their blindness and folly built up a great distorted wall in front of them that hid the truth.”
― Rebecca
― Rebecca
“I wanted to go on sitting there, not talking, not listening to the others, keeping the moment precious for all time, because we were peaceful all of us, we were content and drowsy even as the bee who droned above our heads. In a little while it would be different, there would come tomorrow, and the next day and another year. And we would be changed perhaps, never sitting quite like this again. Some of us would go away, or suffer, or die, the future stretched away in front of us, unknown, unseen, not perhaps what we wanted, not what we planned. This moment was safe though, this could not be touched. Here we sat together, Maxim and I, hand-in-hand, and the past and the future mattered not at all. This was secure, this funny little fragment of time he would never remember, never think about again…For them it was just after lunch, quarter-past-three on a haphazard afternoon, like any hour, like any day. They did not want to hold it close, imprisoned and secure, as I did. They were not afraid.”
― Rebecca
― Rebecca
“We can never go back again, that much is certain. The past is still close to us. The things we have tried to forget and put behind us would stir again, and that sense of fear, of furtive unrest, struggling at length to blind unreasoning panic - now mercifully stilled, thank God - might in some manner unforeseen become a living companion as it had before.”
― Rebecca
― Rebecca
“I believe there is a theory that men and women emerge finer and stronger after suffering, and that to advance in this or any world we must endure ordeal by fire.”
― Rebecca
― Rebecca
“...the routine of life goes on, whatever happens, we do the same things, go through the little performance of eating, sleeping, washing. No crisis can break through the crust of habit.”
― Rebecca
― Rebecca
“But I have had enough melodrama in this life, and would willingly give my five senses if they could ensure us our present peace and security. Happiness is not a possession to be prized, it is a quality of thought, a state of mind. Of course we have our moments of depression; but there are other moments too, when time, unmeasured by the clock, runs on into eternity and, catching his smile, I know we are together, we march in unison, no flash of thought or opinion makes a barrier between us.”
― Rebecca
― Rebecca
“She had to live in this bright, red gabled house with the nurse until it was time for her to die... I thought how little we know about the feelings of old people. Children we understand, their fears and hopes and make-believe.”
― Rebecca
― Rebecca
“We were like two performers in a play, but we were divided, we were not acting with one another. We had to endure it alone, we had to put up this show, this miserable, sham performance for the sake of all these people I did not know and did not want to see again.”
― Rebecca
― Rebecca
“The peace of Manderley. The quietude and the grace. Whoever lived within its walls, whatever trouble there was and strife, however much uneasiness and pain, no matter what tears were shed, what sorrows borne, the peace of Manderley could not be broken or the loveliness destroyed. The flowers that died would bloom again another year, the same birds build their nests, the same trees blossom. That old quiet moss smell would linger in the air, and the bees would come, and crickets, the herons build their nests in the deep dark woods. The butterflies would dance their merry jug across the lawns, and spiders spin foggy webs, and small startled rabbits who had no business to come trespassing poke their faces through the crowded shrubs. There would be lilac, and honeysuckle still, and the white magnolia buds unfolding slow and tight beneath the dining-room window. No one would ever hurt Manderley. It would lie always in its hollow like an enchanted thing, guarded by the woods, safe, secure, while the sea broke and ran and came again in the little shingle bays below.”
― Rebecca
― Rebecca
Reading Progress
January 13, 2021
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January 13, 2021
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to-read
May 4, 2021
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books-ready-to-read-tbr
May 6, 2021
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classics-tbr
June 5, 2021
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"So I lost access to the audiobook and I was loving the narration :(
Now I can continue with an e-copy, but I really wanted to read the audiobook. 💔"
Now I can continue with an e-copy, but I really wanted to read the audiobook. 💔"
June 6, 2021
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on-hold
August 2, 2021
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Started Reading
August 4, 2021
– Shelved as:
to-be-reviewed
August 4, 2021
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read-audible
August 4, 2021
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recs-audiobooks
August 4, 2021
– Shelved as:
read-2021
August 4, 2021
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Finished Reading
November 17, 2024
– Shelved as:
genre-classics
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Excited fr ur review<33
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Nashita wrote: "Excited fr ur review<33"It will probably take a few months. 👀
Great review so far!! I watched the 1940 movie (and loved it!) but i totally get what you mean about the mc being totally clueless when it was so obvious to the audience
Willow Anne wrote: "Great review so far!! I watched the 1940 movie (and loved it!) but i totally get what you mean about the mc being totally clueless when it was so obvious to the audience"Thank you! Yes agreed. :)
Excited for your review! I got so annoyed at the main character particularly when she was so naive and actually trusted Mrs Danvers with the costume... but on the other hand, I guess that makes the moment when she becomes independent and bosses everyone around so much better. Defiantly one of my favourite moments when that happens
