The sequel to my post about Rebecca

[alasse_irena]

It was so good! I loved it. Very tense. Quality plot twists all round. Stifling atmosphere.

It was just very well written, and I found the main character sympathetic and relatable and endearing.

The one thing I would probably criticise is that it kept raising the kind of issues that a relationship with a 15 - 20 year age gap is bound to have, and then never really dealt with them.

I suspect there's a bit of product-of-its-time there, and that that seemed a little less questionable when she was writing it. But I don't really know.

My only other thought is, think how much better it could be of they were lesbians... There's a corner of my mind rewriting it already.

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[corvidology]

The relationship between Rebecca and Mrs. Danvers has long been read that way, even more so as speculation about Daphne Du Maurier's personal life has deepened.

[alasse_irena]

Huh! That's definitely a pretty convincing reading that I somehow never thought of in spite of being on the look out for queer women.

I was maybe distracted by how much I wanted for the protagonist to have a relationship with someone on equal footing, which her marriage to Maxim was definitely not.

I will investigate Ms Du Maurier's life further...