During the first few chapters of the novel "Rebecca" I was confused about what Du Maurier was talking about. I found her writing very descriptive and at times to be very boring. However, once I pasted the fifth chapter I was engrossed in the story and could not put the book down. I read the rest of the novel in the same amount of time as I read the first five chapters. I found myself talking to the characters in the book, sometimes yelling at them in frustration and other times sympathizing with them. Over all I enjoyed the book immensely and found myself in deep thought afterwards about many different things.
             The characters were all very different, the three main women, Mrs. De Winter, Mrs.Danvers and Rebecca were in my opinion the main characters and each brought their own unique characteristics into the novel. I along with Mrs. De Winter was jealous of Rebecca and hated her at the same time for being so perfect. We are told later that Rebecca was not quite so perfect, in fact evil. Du Maurier brought out Rebecca's true self slowly and I thought back on things after and saw the early connections, Ben down by the water made a few comments about Rebecca that made the reader think twice. Mrs. De Winter was never given a name and her characteristics were quiet and shy almost as though she didn't exist. I felt sorry for Mrs. De Winter, I couldn't understand why she let Mrs.Danvers walk all over her and why she allowed the house to stay as though Rebecca still lived there. At first I thought Mrs. Danvers was sad to lose Rebecca and upset that a new women had come into the house so soon afterward, but later I realized that Mrs.Danvers was obsessed with Rebecca and would not be able to move on.
             The book took me by surprise on a few occasions and I thought Du Maurier did a fabulous job conveying the story one way, only to find out that it leads the complete opposite way. Throughout the novel I did develop em...