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A review by rachbarn98
Jane Steele by Lyndsay Faye
5.0
Jane Steele is a quirky retelling (kind of?) of Jane Eyre. The difference is that Jane Steele was a habit of killing people. This is a fictional autobiography of Jane Steele that she wrote after reading Jane Eyre and finding numerous similarities between their lives. The resulting autobiography is a piece of art.
This may be up there in the best books that I’ve read this year. I picked this novel up from my local library a total of three times, renewing them each time, so I had this book for around six months before I got around to picking it up. I can’t believe that it took me that long.
From chapter one, I was sucked in. The writing is honestly so flawless and intelligent. I love novels with historical settings, but I often can’t keep myself focused when it doesn’t have at least a romantic subplot (which is tragic of me). When I first began reading, I was unaware that this novel would end up with a rather romantic ending (which is kind of foolish of me, it is a retelling of Jane Eyre, after all). Even though I was unaware of the genre until about halfway through, I was still enraptured from chapter one. Jane’s story was just so wonderfully captivating!
Jane has such a horrible view of herself, which upsets me. It feels weird defending a confessed murderess, but I can’t help myself. The author just made her too lovable. Jane may have murdered several people, but she had legitimate reasons for doing so, and it was always to either protect herself or the people she cared about. Maybe murder wasn’t the best option, but it made it all much more interesting.
In order to keep myself from making a book myself just by writing the things I enjoyed from this novel, I will make the rest brief. Jane Steele had everything I could have wanted in a novel. In my opinion, not a thing could make it better. Therefore, I encourage every one of you to read this novel. If you like historical romance, murders, or Jane Eyre, you will like this novel. If you have a bit of a twisted side that likes grotesque things, you will like this novel.
10/5 Stars
What did you guys think of Jane Steele? Let me know in the comments!
Happy reading!
You can find this review and more on my blog ---> www.pinktorti.wordpress.com
This may be up there in the best books that I’ve read this year. I picked this novel up from my local library a total of three times, renewing them each time, so I had this book for around six months before I got around to picking it up. I can’t believe that it took me that long.
From chapter one, I was sucked in. The writing is honestly so flawless and intelligent. I love novels with historical settings, but I often can’t keep myself focused when it doesn’t have at least a romantic subplot (which is tragic of me). When I first began reading, I was unaware that this novel would end up with a rather romantic ending (which is kind of foolish of me, it is a retelling of Jane Eyre, after all). Even though I was unaware of the genre until about halfway through, I was still enraptured from chapter one. Jane’s story was just so wonderfully captivating!
Jane has such a horrible view of herself, which upsets me. It feels weird defending a confessed murderess, but I can’t help myself. The author just made her too lovable. Jane may have murdered several people, but she had legitimate reasons for doing so, and it was always to either protect herself or the people she cared about. Maybe murder wasn’t the best option, but it made it all much more interesting.
In order to keep myself from making a book myself just by writing the things I enjoyed from this novel, I will make the rest brief. Jane Steele had everything I could have wanted in a novel. In my opinion, not a thing could make it better. Therefore, I encourage every one of you to read this novel. If you like historical romance, murders, or Jane Eyre, you will like this novel. If you have a bit of a twisted side that likes grotesque things, you will like this novel.
10/5 Stars
What did you guys think of Jane Steele? Let me know in the comments!
Happy reading!
You can find this review and more on my blog ---> www.pinktorti.wordpress.com