Jamaica Inn
Her mother's dying request takes Mary Yellan on a sad journey across the bleak moorland of Cornwall to reach Jamaica Inn, the home of her Aunt Patience. With the coachman's warning echoing in her memory, Mary arrives at a dismal place to find Patience a changed woman, cowering from her overbearing husband, Joss Merlyn.
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I wrote this review earlier and then Goodreads deleted it. >:(
3.5 stars
Compared to Rebecca, I think that I much preferred Rebecca. I saw in a review that someone said Daphne du Maurier takes common book genres and makes them ~spooky (so like Rebecca was a murder mystery/thriller and Jamaica Inn was romance) - since I pretty much never read romance and don't prefer it, that would make sense as to why I preferred Rebecca. I also felt that this b...read more
3.5 stars
Compared to Rebecca, I think that I much preferred Rebecca. I saw in a review that someone said Daphne du Maurier takes common book genres and makes them ~spooky (so like Rebecca was a murder mystery/thriller and Jamaica Inn was romance) - since I pretty much never read romance and don't prefer it, that would make sense as to why I preferred Rebecca. I also felt that this b...read more
Really liked it! But fyi it's not in Jamaica so don't expect a tropical getaway during a winter storm. XD My mistake for not reading the description thoroughly. lol
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