Customer Reviews
A very slow book - By: Andy Capp, 19 Oct 2008 
A very slow book to read, I did not like it very much but on the plus side, the author was very good at description - the windswept moor of Bodmin, the heavy rain but other than that it did not hold my interest.
Dark, rich and atmospheric! - By: Craig Hall, 02 Oct 2008 
This book lives up to expectations. It is a gothic tale basedin Cornwall where the courage of the 'heroine' (Mary Yellan) isin constant battle with her dark surroundings - Jamaica Inn itself & the isolated moors with their treacherous bogs. There is a sense of panic & peril present throughout the book & you can easily relate to Mary's plight. She suffers terriblyin the novel & parts of it seem like a nightmare race against time from which she cannot waken.
Du Maurier has created a heroine designed with a high commitment to morality. Even when she knows she has virtually no chance of success, she will still risk her lifein an attempt to protect others more vulnerable than herself - the attempt matters more than the result!
Note though that the ending is not what we would expectin a more 'modern' story - it is an ending that is appropriate for the age when the book was written - bear thatin mind when you read it & you won't be disappointed.
a book I really disliked! - By: M. Thorton, 14 Jul 2008 This book doesn't resemble at all Rebecca or My cousin Rachel (which I liked); the atmosphere is oppressive & the heroin is always putting herselfin danger deliberatly. (as if she had a death wish)
But then, she's attracted by the "hero" (if you can call that a hero) who again & again (at least, he's honest) tells her about all his defects, thaht he's no better than his brother (a real prince of a man, this one), that he's no good...and still she fallsin love with him.
Why? I don't know.
But since there's a parallel between this couple & another couple (the aunt & uncle), the reader is meant to understand that she will have a harsh life at the very least...She obsviously chose a bad guy, & will pay it her whole life...most depressing book!
A really good book - By: DEJ, 15 May 2008 
I don't get that much time to read these days but I started this book this morning & the whole day has been a write-off because I couldn't put it down, which tells you how good a story it is. The family have had to sort themselves out! So curl up on the sofa & treat yourself to a good read.
WOW -- fabulous story, great suspense! - By: Mary Chrapliwy, 13 Jan 2008 As this story opens, Mary Yellan's mother dies leaving this young adult on her ownin a dangerous time. On her deathbed her mother tells her to go live with her Aunt Patience at an inn called Jamaica Inn near the Cornish coast (Corwall, England). Immediately upon arrival at Jamaica Inn she knows something is wrong since her once colorful Aunt Patience has turned into a simpering wimp & her Uncle Joss Merlyn is a towering cruel character with dubious past & present. Soon Mary learns about criminal activities surrounding Jamaica Inn & it's inhabitants. She is drawn into a mystery so intense & frightening that she'll brave the trecherous moors to escape.
This is one Daphne Du Maurier's best books. Don't miss this tale of twisted greed & terrible peril -- this is an EXCELLENT book that'll keep you up past your bedtime as you won't be able to put this book down! Buy it! This book earned itself a permanent place on my shelf!
