Some may think that Rebecca by Daphné Du Marier is a well-written tale with extremely complex characters, who throughout the book undergo enormous character development. They might say that the dark, noisy feel of the novel makes the reader want to come back for more. They could tell the erotic and criminal elements of the story; make the novel interesting for both sexes. Yes, that might be true for the 45-year-old mom trying to relive her younger, more erotic years. Or to the most boring person on the planet willing to spend hours, even moments of their life, reading this insufferable bullshit that some consider literary genius. Du Marier doesn't really delve much into the characters' backgrounds, with the exception of Maxims, and even his isn't really that great. She gives very few details about each person's past personal life and only gives small hints about them. Take the unnamed protagonist for example, all we know about her is that she has no family and that her father was an artist. So how are we supposed to empathize with this character? How are we supposed to do that when we only know two minor things about his life before Manderly and we don't even know his name? She's not even considered a person, and we're supposed to sympathize with her, how does that work? Then there is her personality, she is a boring, uninteresting, immature and naive girl and this creates a bad atmosphere for the rest of the novel. I admit that there is a bit of character development in the novel; however, we can only see it in the narrator. All that happens is she gives Mrs. Danvers an order, yes well done, gold star to you, but to be perfectly honest it's a bit pathetic. You want her to slam her fist and yell at him, but no, she can't...... middle of paper... paragraph without getting almost three images exactly like this. So the writing as a whole becomes far too difficult to read and becomes extremely boring very quickly. Overall, I didn't like the novel, and I don't think anyone aged 5 to 35 would like this novel. The characters are poorly written and there is more regression than progression. It's so anti-feminist to the point that most women would be offended and the writing made it too difficult to read. Works Cited “And all the while there is Maxim, stroking her head like a dog if she pleases him, frowning if she doesn't. 't. I saw too many signs of a perfect victim in his wife, and it really disturbed me. She became constantly aware of his moods, adjusted her own behaviors to compensate for them, steered conversations if she feared they might go down paths that might upset him...”