1 month ago
1115
After allowing Rebecca to collect dust on my TBR shelf, I finally brushed it off and gave it a go. At first I was concerned I'd even finish, I couldn't have hated the inner, whiny, petulant voice of the narrator more. As I rounded act 2 and headed into 3, I saw exactly where the story was headed and finished the last 125+ pages in one sitting. Bravo to Daphne du Maurier!
My question is somewhat simple, I hope. Did anyone else believe Dr. Baker was actually Mrs. Danvers gynecologist? That it was Danvers with ovarian cancer and, in her last moments, she forged the journal and allowed Maxim the new blindly obedient wife in exchange for Manderley where she had loved Rebecca? After reading quite a few takes from various critics, it seems mostly glossed over.
Either way, it was interesting to witness the slow burn demise of each character, morals or otherwise. Daphne du Maurier really had a poignant way of asking Exactly who is the antagonist?
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