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3.71 AVERAGE
3.71 AVERAGE
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
Not what I wanted it to be, but for all the reasons it's interesting. The main character, who writes the story, is the most side character of all, yet with no actual access to the details around her until after the fact.
It does make the last half the really interesting pay off for the first half. And while it is slightly better than Emily's Wuthering Heights by virtue of Charlotte's writing style it is painfully similar in characterisation and pathological run on excuses for laying down and getting shafted by life as a Christian virtue (and the differences between Catholicism and Protestantism is wrung out to excess in this one).
It does make the last half the really interesting pay off for the first half. And while it is slightly better than Emily's Wuthering Heights by virtue of Charlotte's writing style it is painfully similar in characterisation and pathological run on excuses for laying down and getting shafted by life as a Christian virtue (and the differences between Catholicism and Protestantism is wrung out to excess in this one).
reflective
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
reflective
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
The book is playful and funny and challenging. The narrative voice is an all-time great - she's so stubborn and determined to tell you the story only on her own terms. I didn't expect to connect so strongly with this it, but it turns out that feeling lonely and isolated while teaching in a foreign country is an experience that translates across centuries.
Initially read this because I thought that it was a novel that showed the influence of teachers on their students. Its not. However, I don't think this was Charlotte Bronte's intention. Lucy Snowe was a good thought however nothing like the brilliant Jane Eyre (one could argue I shouldn't compare them). Nonetheless, I think the book lacked substance, the whole 'nun' thing was a bit dreary, Madame Beck did my head in, and I think Monsieur Emmanuel was utterly annoying. Miss Snowe was boring, I think this was utterly plain. Nothing like the 'usual' Bronte wok TBH!!
Lembro-me de ter detestado esse livro quando o li pela primeira vez aos 17 anos. O achava frustrante, triste, sofrido. Lembro ter prometido nunca mais lê-lo. Me via demais na Lucy Snowe. Sentia demais as suas dores e sofri demais com ela a cada decepção.
Agora, aos 27, tenho uma ideia completamente diferente. Lucy sofre no começo, sim, mas a recompensa ao final paga cada dor. Se antes o romance frustrado com John e o amor dela pelo Monsieur Emanuel me deixaram irritada, hoje me parecem perfeitamente pensados.
Li esse livro com duas mentalidades completamente diferentes uma da outra, e essa experiência foi sensacional e muito reveladora.
Agora, aos 27, tenho uma ideia completamente diferente. Lucy sofre no começo, sim, mas a recompensa ao final paga cada dor. Se antes o romance frustrado com John e o amor dela pelo Monsieur Emanuel me deixaram irritada, hoje me parecem perfeitamente pensados.
Li esse livro com duas mentalidades completamente diferentes uma da outra, e essa experiência foi sensacional e muito reveladora.
“Cred că un amestec de speranță și de bucurie poate îndulci perioadele cele mai dificile.
Cred că viața din lumea aceasta nu înseamnă totul, nefiind nici începutul și nici sfârșitul.
Cred asta chiar dacă mă înspăimântă, cred asta chiar și atunci când plâng.”
Charlotte m-a surprins.
Cred că viața din lumea aceasta nu înseamnă totul, nefiind nici începutul și nici sfârșitul.
Cred asta chiar dacă mă înspăimântă, cred asta chiar și atunci când plâng.”
Charlotte m-a surprins.
