I'll Never Be Immature Once more was Daphne du Maurier's second novel, written when she was only twenty three years old. It's different from the other books of hers that I've read then far. Information technology doesn't have the suspense or the gothic feel of some of her other works – this is more of a psychological, grapheme-driven volume. It's the story of Richard, a immature man who has grown up in the shadow of his famous male parent, and his struggle to notice his ain identity. I'm not really a fan of 'coming-of-historic period' novels, but I'm glad I chose to read this one. It certainly seems to be 1 of her least well known novels –  and I was concerned that this might mean information technology wasn't very expert. Well, I can tell you that it is skilful and I enjoyed information technology a lot more than I was expecting to.

The volume opens with Richard – or Dick equally he prefers to telephone call himself – standing on a bridge, preparing to jump. Immediately the reader is intrigued, wondering what has happened to drive him to suicide.  At the final minute Dick feels a mitt on his shoulder – this is Jake, a complete stranger who saves his life and becomes his closest friend. The first half of the book follows the adventures of Dick and Jake as they leave England and sail to Scandinavia together in search of a new life. The 2nd half is the story of Dick's human relationship with Hesta, a girl he meets in Paris.

The whole volume is written in the commencement person from Dick's perspective, which is meaning as information technology was apparently the first time Daphne du Maurier wrote from a man's betoken of view – and I idea she captured the male voice perfectly. The only trouble I had was that I just didn't like Dick very much. I found his immaturity and whining very irritating – although I understood that the bespeak of the book was to follow his development from an insecure, selfish youth into a sensible, mature adult. Eventually he does begin to abound up and want different things out of life, but this comes too late in the book for me to be able to warm to him. Nevertheless, the book is so well-written I could still enjoy it even with such an unsympathetic narrator. Her writing is absolutely cute and quite dreamlike, as she lets the states get correct inside Dick's head and share his thoughts and emotions. There are too some vivid descriptions of the mountains and fjords of Norway and the other places that the characters visit, specially Paris with its cafés and boulevards.

This would probably not be the all-time Daphne du Maurier book for a newcomer to begin with, but information technology's a good choice for someone who wants to venture abroad from Rebecca and read one of her less popular novels. A give-and-take of alert, though – if you're going to read the Virago Modern Classics edition, exit the introduction until last equally it gives away the entire plot, including the ending (this is skilful advice with whatsoever book – I've learned from experience never to read the introduction first).

This is my first book for the Daphne du Maurier Challenge hosted by Chris at Volume-a-rama. I wasn't planning to take part in this claiming until I discovered my local library had well-nigh all of her books. I'm looking forward to reading some more than of her work during the next year, every bit there are all the same a lot of her books I oasis't read yet. This book also counts towards the 1930s challenge as it was a gimmicky novel published in 1932 and set in 1930s Europe – and likewise the Typically British challenge.

Pages: 304/Publisher: Virago Press (Virago Modernistic Classics 515)/Yr: 2005 (originally published 1932)/Source: Library book