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katykelly's review against another edition
4.0
Amusing, when you know the source material. The classics - and not so classic (Sweet Valley High!) if reimagined as a text between the characters.
Quite a few I didn't know (Nancy Drew, Babysitters' Club), so these went over my head.
Those I did varied between hilarious and mildly amusing. My favourites were Wuthering Heights (just as overblown as the was novel), Hamlet and Harry Potter. Les Miserables was brilliant too, and my favourite book - Pride and Prejudice - made me smile at the references to the Napoleonic Wars that are barely mentioned in the novel.
A very quick read (less than an hour), one for literature lovers with a sense of humour.
Quite a few I didn't know (Nancy Drew, Babysitters' Club), so these went over my head.
Those I did varied between hilarious and mildly amusing. My favourites were Wuthering Heights (just as overblown as the was novel), Hamlet and Harry Potter. Les Miserables was brilliant too, and my favourite book - Pride and Prejudice - made me smile at the references to the Napoleonic Wars that are barely mentioned in the novel.
A very quick read (less than an hour), one for literature lovers with a sense of humour.
catherine_thegreat's review
adventurous
funny
lighthearted
reflective
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.0
sunseas's review
funny
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? N/A
- Strong character development? N/A
- Loveable characters? N/A
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A
2.0
being_b's review
3.0
I always enjoy Ortberg's humor, particularly when they combine it with obscure literary knowledge. I think each of these texts was quite funny alone, but the sameness of the schtick (historical/fictional figures are flaky pains-in-the-butt) wears after a while.
absolutealexandria's review
3.0
A cute idea but I think some of the text chains would have been improved if the person sending them was labeled. My favorites were Wuthering Heights, Hamlet, the American Girl books, and of course Keats and his Urn.
katiebtatton's review
4.0
Funny and irreverent, Texts From Jane Eyre is fan fiction at its very best. Imagine screenshots of texts written by famous literary characters and authors and you've got the gist of this book. If I wasn't familiar with the characters writing the texts, I'd do a quick google search for the books to have a very basic point of reference. That was highly enjoyable for me---I feel like I've got a broader (although still quite shallow) understanding of literature than before I picked the book up.