No matter the scene, the content, even if it’s just dialogue, she writes beautifully. Beautiful Writingĭaphne du Maurier is the master of beautiful writing. Even if you don’t agree with what she says, I think you’ll definitely find yourself understanding, emphathising and worrying for her. She has so many inner battles that aren’t written like a woe-is-me monologue, but written as something relatable. Being inside our narrator’s (who is unnamed the entire book) head the whole time is a journey in itself. I think I prefer third person narration, but the first person narration in this book is written so well. The danger of the sea almost literally surrounds the house, and it creates a super lovely juxtaposition between beauty and tragedy. Yet, there is something so haunting about it because of the nearby sea, where much tragedy occurs. It reminds of Beast’s castle from Beauty and the Beast, but beautiful and alive. The opening chapter is a dream and it just programmes the reader to be on the edge of their seat with Manderley, the main setting of the book. There isn’t anything fantastical about this book, but it still feels magic.
It Feels Magicįrom the start of this book, the atmosphere is magic. If you have specific questions about these themes, please DM me on Instagram I don’t want to spoil anything here, but am totally happy to go into a bit more detail privately! 1. And I think you should read it, too! I’ll list 10 reasons why, and if they appeal to you, you may want to pick this one up!Īs always, before we get started, trigger warnings include: drowning, death, and gaslighting. That all being said, I do have to factor in the time period this was written (1940s) and so I will be sticking with my five star rating. It does have some interesting feminist themes though. My critical rating would be 4.4 stars because I do factor diversity into my rating and this book doesn’t have any characters of color, with non-straight sexualities, nor does it deal with mental health well. And I did – I gave this book 5 stars, purely based on my reading experience. I was really nervous about liking it (not just because I would offend a lot of people lol) but because I wanted to finally read a chunky book that I actually enjoyed. My copy was 400+ pages, and I’m usually super intimidated by such large books (especially classics), so I went into this thinking it would be a long, slow read. I recently finished reading Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier.
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