I have just finished this sequel to Daphne du Maurier's "Rebecca" by Sally Beauman, which I took out the school library. It's quite a long book, hence I was quite late up this morning, since I wanted to finish it.
An enjoyable book, it did lose some of its power slightly when I read a bookclub review of it on the internet, and made discoveries about some of the characters sooner than I should have done! However, it was still an enjoyable read, which I was glad about - I read one of the sequels to Pride and Prejudice that was terrible, so I am glad that Rebecca hasn't been spoilt in that way. It's such a long time since I read Rebecca, and it was nice to be reminded of it.
One of the reviews (by Linda Grant of the Guardian) reads "while both du Maurier and Beauman are great storytellers, Beauman really is the better prose writer". Now, it is a while since I read Rebecca, like I said, but my gut instinct and memory would disagree. I should re-read the original, perhaps.
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