Daphne du Maurier

Ludmilla · Post by **Ludmilla** » Sat January 23rd, 2010, 1:09 pm

It's also first person narrative, and I have a soft spot for those, but think Rebecca is one of those stellar examples of it. I think that may have contributed to my friend not liking it, though.

Margaret · Post by **Margaret** » Mon January 25th, 2010, 6:24 am

I gave my mother-in-law, who likes romances, a copy of Victoria Holt's The Peacock Fan once, and she HATED it - didn't like the first person narrative, because she thought it made the protagonist sound self-centered.

Misfit · Post by **Misfit** » Mon January 25th, 2010, 2:55 pm

D du M is in a class of her own with the first person narrative, I wouldn't even want to compare hers to Holt's. VH's novels have such a formulaic style that they get old if you read too many at once.

annis · Post by **annis** » Mon January 25th, 2010, 6:15 pm

I've never had an issue with either first or third person perspective- the POV makes absolutely no difference to my enjoyment of a well-written story. In fact, i'm quite puzzled when I find someone has rejected a book for this reason alone.

Sharz · Post by **Sharz** » Tue January 26th, 2010, 4:03 pm

I dislike first-person, unless I'm drawn far enough in that I forget that it IS first person. If written that well, I love it, just as I would any third person that draws me that far in. But if I can't forget it's first person, then it feels like I'm seeing the story with blinders on. It's irritating. Much like trying to cross a street when you're so bundled up in sub-0 weather that you have no peripheral vision and turning your head is useless, because it merely turns your face into the massive hood. You have to turn your whole trunk. Just annoying on an 8-block walk.

Misfit · Post by **Misfit** » Tue January 26th, 2010, 4:42 pm

I feel the same way, but my my my what D du M can do with her famous male voice.

Misfit · Post by **Misfit** » Wed April 21st, 2010, 3:42 pm

I'm bumping the thread for Nefret. Tell us what you're looking for to find you the right D du M book for you.

CindyInOz · Post by **CindyInOz** » Wed May 12th, 2010, 12:42 am

I've just started on my very first Du Maurier, My Cousin Rachel and I'm most certainly hooked. I love fast paced books, and although I'm not far enough into this book to know if that's what I'm going to get here, I am enjoying the story and particularly Du Maurier's style.

I also have The Glassblowers lined up to read when I'm through. Does anyone have an opinion as to which is the better of the two?

Misfit · Post by **Misfit** » Wed May 12th, 2010, 2:06 am

[quote=""CindyInOz""]I've just started on my very first Du Maurier, My Cousin Rachel and I'm most certainly hooked. I love fast paced books, and although I'm not far enough into this book to know if that's what I'm going to get here, I am enjoying the story and particularly Du Maurier's style.

I also have The Glassblowers lined up to read when I'm through. Does anyone have an opinion as to which is the better of the two?[/quote]

The two are so different I wouldn't want to *compare* them. MCR is one of her romantic suspense novels, whilst TGB is an historical novel - and based on her forebears.

That's one thing I really love about her books is you dont' feel like you're reading the same old/same old formula over and over.

Amanda · Post by **Amanda** » Wed May 12th, 2010, 2:14 am

[quote=""CindyInOz""]I've just started on my very first Du Maurier, My Cousin Rachel and I'm most certainly hooked. I love fast paced books, and although I'm not far enough into this book to know if that's what I'm going to get here, I am enjoying the story and particularly Du Maurier's style.

I also have The Glassblowers lined up to read when I'm through. Does anyone have an opinion as to which is the better of the two?[/quote]

The only DduM I have read (so far) is The King's General. I really enjoyed it. Particularly how she constructed the story about around a factual discovery in an old house (which I won't spoil)......