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Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë
Book Club book - Jane Eyre. The girl who choose it Shannon said it's absolutely her favorite book.
So my thoughts. Sorry but spoilers are included in this review.
The beginning was slow. Actually I found most of the book to be slow. I did however find the things John Reed and his mother put Jane through to be horrendous and out right cruel. I don't understand how the servants could not be on Jane's side. At first I really struggled with all the big words that I started a definition list, just like I do/did with Pride and Prejudice. But then I just started to get really involved in the book and found I struggled less and less with the words and I was just reading quiet happily.
The first half I enjoyed much better than the second half. Even though the first half was extremely slow and slightly boring. The second half so many crazy things happened. I have to say the proposal scene was one of my favorites I have ever read. It was so wonderful. I was so excited for it I had no idea how Emily Bronte was planning on filling the rest of the pages, because I was so content with how things were going.
AND then BAM... I got sooo angry when as the Pastor is about to make the man and wife a stupid lawyer stands up and announces he is already married. I could not believe it. I totally understood Jane's reaction, she was just numb and had no idea what to think. I would have probably done exactly what she did. What a twist in the story. Jane Austen are always predictable and easy going and I expect the same from this book.
I have to say that even though I was extremely involved in the story after that. I stopped liking it. I really enjoy it, but it's not one of my favorites I don't know how people can like that huge twist. And then the fact that after she runs away and gets a fortune she STILL goes back to him and gets married. That is just insane!
And well that is most of my thoughts for now. I will do another post after book club. I just don't know what to think of the book, it kind makes me angry.
What are your thoughts??
So my thoughts. Sorry but spoilers are included in this review.
The beginning was slow. Actually I found most of the book to be slow. I did however find the things John Reed and his mother put Jane through to be horrendous and out right cruel. I don't understand how the servants could not be on Jane's side. At first I really struggled with all the big words that I started a definition list, just like I do/did with Pride and Prejudice. But then I just started to get really involved in the book and found I struggled less and less with the words and I was just reading quiet happily.
The first half I enjoyed much better than the second half. Even though the first half was extremely slow and slightly boring. The second half so many crazy things happened. I have to say the proposal scene was one of my favorites I have ever read. It was so wonderful. I was so excited for it I had no idea how Emily Bronte was planning on filling the rest of the pages, because I was so content with how things were going.
AND then BAM... I got sooo angry when as the Pastor is about to make the man and wife a stupid lawyer stands up and announces he is already married. I could not believe it. I totally understood Jane's reaction, she was just numb and had no idea what to think. I would have probably done exactly what she did. What a twist in the story. Jane Austen are always predictable and easy going and I expect the same from this book.
I have to say that even though I was extremely involved in the story after that. I stopped liking it. I really enjoy it, but it's not one of my favorites I don't know how people can like that huge twist. And then the fact that after she runs away and gets a fortune she STILL goes back to him and gets married. That is just insane!
And well that is most of my thoughts for now. I will do another post after book club. I just don't know what to think of the book, it kind makes me angry.
What are your thoughts??