![]() ![]() When he wakes up the next day, Jean is gone, and a chauffeur is standing there to take him (John as Jean now) back to the family chateau. After eating and drinking together, John is cajoled into returning with Jean to his rooms. ![]() The two men look exactly alike though John is English (and speaks French very well). “The Scapegoat” follows John who is wondering what is the point of things when he runs into a Frenchman named Jean. For example, the reveal about Blanche and why she stopped speaking to Jean for 15 years took a long time to get out. And the slow reveal to things after a while started to work my nerves just a slight bit. ![]() I get du Maurier is setting the stage so to speak though with John of course not understanding all of the undercurrents going on in the family. It feels at times things are moving underwater and then they pick up again. The only reason why I gave this 4 stars though is that parts of this book are so freaking slow. And I loved how you have to wonder about certain characters/things that happened after the fact. ![]()
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