Reviews

Escaping Mr. Rochester by L.L. McKinney

inaraexplains's review

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

agoraphobabe's review

mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

2.75

2.75. This was a second chance for me. After being highly disappointed with A Blade So Black, I didn’t think I was going to read anything else by Elle. Glad I gave her another try because this was a fun read. Jane Eyre isn’t a beloved classic for me, so that probably affected my enjoyment of this read. A little too insta-lovey, though. I think the story could have benefitted from a slower burn between the characters. 🥁

josieruby1's review against another edition

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement and Domestic abuse

Moderate: Physical abuse, Emotional abuse, Alcoholism, Violence, Fire/Fire injury, and Murder

susanpevensie's review against another edition

emotional mysterious tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

izzys_internet_bookshelf's review

adventurous dark mysterious tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

I am always down for a retelling. I enjoyed how the plot was different between the original, having Rochester be more of a red flag then there just being a really weird age gap. What I didn't like though is that they took out the second half of the book where Jane meets the Rivers.

knitterlybooklady's review

adventurous emotional mysterious tense

4.0

cboddie's review against another edition

hopeful tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.25

7th & up

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement and Misogyny

bradleyallen's review

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.75

cj_parsley's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.75

laylabee__'s review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.25

Since I have not read the original book I had no idea what to expect from this book, but I kinda liked it. Even though it might have been more enjoyable with more knowledge of the original book. 
It was slow for my taste but when the story started it was hard to put down.

And boy oh boy the plotwist at the ending was really unexpected,

However it was not an easy read for me, mainly because of the space of the story, I like it. Because of the descriptions that were not long but detailed, I found it easy to imagine the palace and feel like I am also there.
Most of the characters are loveable, but you can also kind of understand what and why the 'nonloveable' characters do.

Thank for Harper Collins for letting me read an ARC of this book <3