Mrs. deWinter
Oct. 30th, 2010 02:26 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
vr_trakowskiI recently re-read Rebecca, and while going through boxes found a copy of the sequel-by-a-different-author, Mrs. deWinter. Now, I generally don't approve of such things, but I'm not that huge a fan of Rebecca, so any violations of canon aren't likely to outrage me.
Good thing, too.
Actually, it's not so much violations as that it's a pretty bad book. The author has the protagonist's tone down decently enough, but the...wimpishness...of the protagonist that is acceptable in the context of the original becomes tiresome ten years down the timeline's road. The author's going for something of the same kind of suspense--or harder--than the original, but it's way too obvious what's going on and the protagonist doesn't clue in anywhere near soon enough. I gave up and started skimming eventually, and was completely disgusted by the ending.
Also, early in the book, the protagonist makes reference to the effect of a "permanent marker", which made me wince, because as I suspected, they weren't invented until some years after the time in which the book is set... Careless, just careless, and the editor too.
I do not recommend this one.
Good thing, too.
Actually, it's not so much violations as that it's a pretty bad book. The author has the protagonist's tone down decently enough, but the...wimpishness...of the protagonist that is acceptable in the context of the original becomes tiresome ten years down the timeline's road. The author's going for something of the same kind of suspense--or harder--than the original, but it's way too obvious what's going on and the protagonist doesn't clue in anywhere near soon enough. I gave up and started skimming eventually, and was completely disgusted by the ending.
Also, early in the book, the protagonist makes reference to the effect of a "permanent marker", which made me wince, because as I suspected, they weren't invented until some years after the time in which the book is set... Careless, just careless, and the editor too.
I do not recommend this one.