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Don't Look Now and Other Stories by Daphne du Maurier

February 19, 2023 by vel veeter Leave a Comment

“‘Don’t look now,’ John said to his wife, ‘but there are a couple of old girls two tables who are trying to hypnotize me.’” This collection of stories from Daphne du Maurier was originally called “Not After Midnight and Other Stories” but changed after the 1973 film version of the title story came out. The title story “Don’t Look Now” start with that absolutely tremendous opening line. John and his wife are vacationing in Venice some time after one of children has died. They have […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: Daphne Du Maurier

vel veeter's CBR15 Review No:112 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: Daphne Du Maurier ·
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Don’t Look Now & Other Stories

Don't Look Now & Other Stories by Daphne du Maurier

October 21, 2022 by Classic 2 Comments

I bought this collection a few months back and then never got around to finishing it until now. Apparently insomnia has claimed me again, and I finally finished some books and put some others on the DNF list. Per usual, here are my ratings for each story in the collection. Overall I gave this 4 stars since some of the stories were baffling to me. I don’t know what message I was supposed to be getting. “Don’t Look Now” (5 stars)-John and Laura are a […]

Filed Under: Horror, Mystery, Short Stories, Suspense Tagged With: Daphne Du Maurier, gothic

Classic's CBR14 Review No:231 · Genres: Horror, Mystery, Short Stories, Suspense · Tags: Daphne Du Maurier, gothic ·
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The Scapegoat

The Scapegoat by Daphne du Maurier

May 9, 2022 by Classic 2 Comments

This book did my head in, in a good way. The ending was astounding. And I loved how you have to wonder about certain characters/things that happened after the fact. Really well done by du Maurier. The only reason why I gave this 4 stars though is that parts of this book are so freaking slow. It feels at times things are moving underwater and then they pick up again. I get du Maurier is setting the stage so to speak though with John of […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: classics, Daphne Du Maurier, gothic

Classic's CBR14 Review No:101 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: classics, Daphne Du Maurier, gothic ·
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Frenchman’s Creek

Frenchman's Creek by Daphne du Maurier

March 1, 2022 by vel veeter Leave a Comment

I don’t know how OG this novel is, but it’s a sexy pirate adventure romp from the 1940s by our beloved Daphne du Maurier. You’ll be surprised to find that this book takes in Cornwall….and well, we find Lady Dona, part of the court in London getting so bored that she once dressed like a man to tool around the city and commit crimes. So she returns to her country estate to find a curious state of affairs. Her house is filthy and the new […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: Daphne Du Maurier

vel veeter's CBR14 Review No:83 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: Daphne Du Maurier ·
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Dreaming of Manderly…

Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier

May 20, 2021 by chelz.hawk 2 Comments

“I wanted to go back again, to recapture the moment that had gone, and then it came to me that if we did it would not be the same, even the sun would be changed in the sky, casting another shadow…” The narrator crosses paths with Maxim DeWinter while in Monte Carlo serving as a companion to the abhorrent Mrs. Van Hopper.  When Mrs. Van Hopper falls ill, our young female finds herself spending more and more time with the mysterious Maxim.  At first all […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: Book to movie, Daphne Du Maurier, Fiction, intrigue, novel, Rebecca

chelz.hawk's CBR13 Review No:8 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: Book to movie, Daphne Du Maurier, Fiction, intrigue, novel, Rebecca ·
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“A dreamer, I walked enchanted, and nothing held me back.”

Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier

October 24, 2020 by faintingviolet Leave a Comment

Rebecca has been on my literary radar for 20 years and on my to read list for 6. It has felt like a big, important work that I needed to read, if only to more easily understand some of the references that are out and about: Mrs. Danvers, the opening line of “Last night I dreamt I went to Manderly again”, and so on. Rebecca joined the list of books I categorized as White Whales (Daughter of Fortune, The House of the Spirits, The Lottery, […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: adaptation, cbr12bingo, classic, Daphne Du Maurier, read harder challenge, read women, white whale

faintingviolet's CBR12 Review No:49 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: adaptation, cbr12bingo, classic, Daphne Du Maurier, read harder challenge, read women, white whale ·
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