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Night-owl
Night-owl
Jan 2021
6:24pm, 9 Jan 2021
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Night-owl
I'm on book 3 now. Everything I never told you by Celeste Ng
Sharkie
Sharkie
Jan 2021
8:22pm, 9 Jan 2021
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Sharkie
It's generally assumed to be Mrs. D. - but there are no actual references, or even clues in the text. Hitchcock has her silhouetted in the building, and iirr, the ceiling falls in on her.

Du Maurier is far more subtle. The ending is brilliant - a glow on the horizon and ash on the wind, that's all.

I also love the conscious or unconscious - it really doesn't matter - echo of Jane Eyre and the vengeful destruction of Thornfield Hall.
Sharkie
Sharkie
Jan 2021
8:29pm, 9 Jan 2021
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Sharkie
New film completely changed ending.

But Hitchcock took similar - but different - liberties.

There really is no reason to believe Mrs. D is a goner....
Columba
Columba
Jan 2021
8:52pm, 9 Jan 2021
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Columba
I read it for the first and only time a few years ago. Would like to re-read it now, after all these comments. Must have had it from the library, though, as it isn't on my bookshelf.

I didn't see the film.
LazyDaisy
LazyDaisy
Jan 2021
9:02pm, 9 Jan 2021
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LazyDaisy
Rebecca will be my next book when I finish London belongs to me (probably tonight) because I started it a while ago and got fed up with the new Mrs De W who I found to be an utter wet and wede. In view of the positive comments zbove I'll try again :-)
mrs shanksi
mrs shanksi
Jan 2021
9:04pm, 9 Jan 2021
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mrs shanksi
I love the fact she never names the 2nd Mrs de Winter.
Serendippily
Serendippily
Jan 2021
6:19pm, 10 Jan 2021
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Serendippily
Yes to all the above
I enjoyed little fires everywhere by Celeste Ng
Diogenes
Diogenes
Jan 2021
10:16am, 11 Jan 2021
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Diogenes
I started Lanny, by Max Porter, today. Absolutely loving it so far.
McGoohan
McGoohan
Jan 2021
10:18am, 11 Jan 2021
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McGoohan
I started Starveacre by Andrew Michael Hurley last night about 8:30. I finished it at 1am :-o Couldnae put it down, though it has a couple of very obvious flaws.
McGoohan
McGoohan
Jan 2021
10:21am, 11 Jan 2021
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McGoohan
Part of a 1-star review of it:
"I did not like this book at all, to begin with I disliked the print or typeset, I felt like the print was larger than regular print while not being a large print book. I actually think if the type had been sized properly this would have been a smaller, thinner book."

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