Advantages: Atmospheric, creepy, excellent writing and characterisation Disadvantages: The historical setting may not appeal if your prefer contemporary thrillers
...married to the landlord of Jamaica Inn on Bodmin Moor. It soon becomes clear that Jamaica Inn has a bad name and the locals are scared of the place, but Mary is a feisty, courageous young woman and vows not to be scared by her uncle, the notorious Joss Merlyn.
Jamaica Inn isn't your normal pub: there are no beds for weary travellers, it's rarely open and there's a barred room. The only activity comes in the night, when wagons come into the yard ... ...I'm delighted to say that Jamaica Inn is not one of them. The human side of the story is firmly etched in and just when you think it's going to slip into stereotype, the plot twists in a new direction. I was sure I'd guessed the ending at several points, but I was (thankfully) extremely wrong! It's as fresh and fast-paced as the day it was written, which I really didn't expect, and the writing is simply superb. Jamaica Inn is often viewed as a twentieth ...
DoubleFantasy11 08.11.2006
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Advantages: The book is hard to put down and full of twists and turns - a must read Disadvantages: You won't get the dishes done!!
== JAMAICA INN ==
=== DAPHNE DU MAURIER ===
Those of you who read my review on 'Rebecca' will know that I am a big fan of Daphne Du Maurier's work.
Jamaica Inn is another of Ms Du Maurier's books that has paticular meaning to me as I have visited the actual 'Jamaica Inn' on Bodmin Moor.
"History"
It was in 1930 that Ms Du Maurier spent a night on the cold, dark and eerie Bodmin Moor in Cornwall. She had been out riding across the Moors with ... ...spot the _gaunt chimneys of Jamaica Inn_ suddenly appearing out of the dark fog.
The history that she learnt of the Inn and the atmposphere inspired Daphne Du Maurier to write this novel.
The Inn a coaching inn, was built in 1750 and must have been a welcome stop for travellers crossing windswept and dangerous moor. Cornwall, along with Devon, was a smugglelers paradise at that time, and not all the travellers who visited the Inn would have been ...
oldchem 30.06.2009
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