Going to be a long night

[liaku]

So, uh, given my progress on this essay thus far (and the common essay I need to finish--not necessarily perfect, but finish), I'm going to be up until 4AM or so.  Maybe I'll push to 5AM.  Given that I don't have to wake up until 11AM, that'd still get me six hours of sleep.  I can operate for a good amount of time (long enough for one class + a couple of hours anyway) with less sleep than that, so maybe 6AM or so would work too.

Actually, I'm going to admit that this essay is a lot easier than I thought it'd be.  I just can't focus on it.

And it seems like everyone loves Rebecca except me.  It's gotten to the point where I'm beginning to think I should read the book again, especially since the first time I read it was, what, when I was thirteen?  Fourteen?  Mind you, I still hate suspense in my novels, and while I could likely appreciate at least the writing more now, I don't think I'll find the characters any more interesting than I did before.  I guess once I watch the DVDs of the musical, I'll see if I feel like giving the book another shot.

Comments

[valancystar.livejournal.com]

Good luck with the essays. That is always fun, only not.

I loved Rebecca the novel when I read it a couple of years ago (though I do have a few complaints here and there, like that we never find out in that much detail why Rebecca was such ultimate evil, other than sleeping around and being cold and scheming). I haven't been able to get properly into the musical no matter how much I try, though. I like some of the songs, but I can't love it.

[liaku.livejournal.com]

I'm almost done with the first now. I imagine it'll only take an hour more (so I'll be ahead of schedule), but I don't know how long the second essay will take me even though I only need to add about 300 words to it.

My memories are foggy, but I don't think Rebecca was supposed to be any sort of ultimate evil (though "I" definitely thought of her as such), just another woman trying to live out her life up until she found out her life expectancy just got a lot shorter.

[valancystar.livejournal.com]

Let's just say I found that "I" accepted very quickly Maxim's description of her evilness without that much concrete examples. Of course, since she had been indulging in all those jealous fantasies about Rebecca's perfection and Maxim's undying love for her, she was happy to accept anything as long as it meant Maxim loved her and not Rebecca. The story is certainly an interesting study in jealousy.

Yay for progress! Good luck with the rest of it!

[savepureness.livejournal.com]

i love rebecca; it's one of those books i can never grow tired of, but then again, i've always been a du maurier fan, and i could gorge anything written by her :D

[liaku.livejournal.com]

Unfortunately, when you read a book as a preteen/early teen for school, it automatically sucks because you have to write a 5-page essay on it during summer vacation.

But yes, I think I will one day give it another chance. I mean, I'll eventually be bored enough to pick it up again. The only question is whether that'll be soon or, like, when I'm in my 70's and too old to move from my bed.

[solyndra.livejournal.com]

Good luck with the essays! *huggles*

Rebecca is awesome. I quite like the story, but it's especially the writing I adore. Daphne du Maurier is a goddess when it comes to that, IMO.
The musical doesn't have the capturing effect the book has. Nor is it quite as shocking (or believable). At least, that's what it's like for me.

And LOL @ the Converse avatar :D