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Daphne du Maurier is a master story teller. In the first chapter you already know something is going to happen, the description of a hung man who had murdered his wife, and the one sentence 'Was Rachel guilty or innocent?' say enough. Philip Ashley is going to teach cousin Rachel a lesson, but everything changes when he actually meets her. It is quite interesting how the story is written through the eyes of Philip, and how you, as reader, see him differently then he sees himself. It is definitely a page turner...
I loved this, the whole feel was so eerie and menacing and Cornwall so bleak and harshly beautiful. I didn't see the ending coming at all and it really shocked me. I loved the writing, what an artist Du Maurer was, weaving such atmosphere with her words, wonderful. I was impressed at how she got into the male lead's mind and described such powerful emotions, whereas Rachel really was quite a blank page. Very clever.
Shill