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Jane Eyre

Charlotte Brontë

4.11 AVERAGE

pitzi_pitzi's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous funny reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

So ein unerwartet gutes Buch! Sehr gut geschrieben und die Geschichte hat mir sehr gut gefallen. Hätte ich bei einem Klassiker nicht unbedingt erwartet! Wird bestimmt eins von meinen Lieblingsbüchern.

farbeyondthestars's review against another edition

4.5

I adored this book!! Need an essay about the mad woman in the attic

mintypenguin1's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous challenging emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

shathaty's review against another edition

medium-paced

sharkinaberet's review against another edition

In conversation the other day when discussing this book, I said "I'm not really a classics kind of guy," and a friend instantly retorted "I think that's a bit of an understatement." It's true - I'm really really not a classics kind of guy. To allow myself some slight exaggeration for dramatic effect; I love Shakespeare, I love modernism, and I don't love anything in between. I even did a masters degree in specifically contemporary literature so I wouldn't have to bother with them any more.

So then, it was with astonishment and delight that I loved Jane Eyre. I have little to say about the contents of the book itself that countless others haven't undoubtedly said, it's late in the evening as I finish it and I won't bother with a full literary analysis. But I am surprisingly moved. Many people I love very much have told me to read this book over the years, when I finally acquiesed my mum insisted that I read a old hardback copy that her grandpa bought for her. Even with such an intense response from others, I didn't have high expectations for my personal enjoyment. I thought I'd probably find it interesting, hopefully enjoyable, potentially tiresome, and that I would come out of the other end having ticked a box but fundamentally unmoved. This has happened before with hotly suggested classics. I'm just not a classics kind of guy.

But I loved it! I found it captivating and emotional and impactful in a way that I truly wasn't expecting. I've specifically made time in my day over the last week just to sit down and read it, on lunch breaks when I didn't have it to hand I was sad that I couldn't read some more. I read it for three hours solid after work this evening and saved the last 30 pages for when I got in bed, as a cosy final gift to myself to close out the day. How deeply pleased I am to be wrong.