Book Group - Jamaica Inn discussion thread

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McGoohan Aug 2017 10:59am, 17 Aug 2017 30,464 posts	0 McGoohan Hey there book pixies. Jamaica Inn by Daphne & Velma is the book group choice for August 2017. Share your opinion below. Go on go on go on.
Columba Aug 2017 8:30pm, 18 Aug 2017 13,578 posts	0 Columba Finished it. Enjoyed it. Exciting story, sufficiently unexpected events (especially the ending) to keep me panting along with it. Nevertheless, I shan't re-read, and probably shan't look to read any other Daphne du Maurier.
Superjools Aug 2017 10:34pm, 28 Aug 2017 164 posts	0 Superjools Loved it. Great storytelling. Definite 9 from me and I will go hunting for more! Thanks to the choosinator 👏🏼
westmoors Sep 2017 12:54pm, 14 Sep 2017 1,983 posts	0 westmoors Really enjoyed this one. The story kept a nice pace but had sufficient description to paint the picture. Knowing the area probably helped though!
Red Squirrel Sep 2017 1:11pm, 14 Sep 2017 20,250 posts	0 Red Squirrel Ooh - I've been to Jamaica Inn. I'll read this and pop back here. I like DdM.
Red Squirrel Sep 2017 12:32pm, 18 Sep 2017 20,258 posts	0 Red Squirrel Couldn't find it in the library. Will try another library in the week.
Little Nemo Oct 2017 8:01pm, 5 Oct 2017 7,938 posts	0 Little Nemo Finished this on the tube home this evening. I didn't enjoy this as much as her other books, it was a bit too melodramatic and overwrought for me. It was still a good book, just not up there with Rebecca. I liked the descriptions of the countryside and Mary was a good character but a couple of plot points didn't make sense which distracted me. I wasn't sure if I had read this book before but I think in the end I hadn't. I think it might have been Frenchman's Creek which has a slightly similar story. Maybe I'll reread this one at some point. I gave this book a 6.
Serendippily Oct 2017 12:25pm, 7 Oct 2017 3,321 posts	0 Serendippily It was old school. Lacked some of the class of a Jane Eyre or Woman in White but still easy to shunt through in one sitting I think I'll give it 7 for its restful escapism
Little Nemo Oct 2017 4:51pm, 7 Oct 2017 7,943 posts	0 Little Nemo Blimey, that was fast Seren!
Night-owl Oct 2017 6:40pm, 15 Oct 2017 29,654 posts	0 Night-owl Thanks for your reviews just finished it tonight even though I chose it. Though it took me a while shouldn't detract from the book I did like it, an author who I will read again. I purposely didn't chose Rebecca which was one of my first thoughts wanted something less obvious but still well known My copy says it was first published in 1936 but found it still readable on a language point of view good story kept me gripped and I will probably read it again in a few years I'll give it an 8