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** spoiler alert ** I really liked this book as a teenager, but as an adult I have the same issues with it that I had with Wuthering Heights and the Twilight books. While they are very entertaining in that exciting, dark, mysterious way, they are all about selfish love. People that hurt or endanger others because they are "just so in love" with the other person. In my opinion that simply shows that they are more in love with themselves. I also wanted to throttle the timid little no-name main character. She is so timid and swept about. The worst though is that when Maxim tells her that he killed Rebecca, she doesn't think, "That is horrible. What kind of monster did I marry? He killed someone, even if she was evil." She thinks, "He didn't love Rebecca!" somehow validating his love for her. What!? It's one of those books though that makes murder seem so justifiable.

2022-11-14 16:42