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A review by lagobond
Becoming Jane Eyre by Sheila Kohler
1.0
DNF on page 9. I realize it seems unfair to rate a book without reading it. However, this author suffers from an intolerable case of the question marks, as we can see on page 8.
On a different note... dear publishers, please could we go back to trimming the pages? I realize that deckle edges are a thing with old books, and this is a book set in the 19th century, but there's a reason people invented better production methods. Deckle edges are so frustrating for readers who like to flip back and forth.
He reaches out for her. What does he know of her, or she of him, after all these years? What secrets would he tell her if he could speak? Would she want to hear them? What would he say about his marriage, his parents, his God? Had he chosen her mother for love or for her superior position in society, the fifty pounds a year? Or was it her religion? Did he want her help with his work in the church? Did he think she could advance his career? Was his religion simply a means of advancing socially?Give me a break! This isn't a paragraph in a novel, it's a questionnaire. It tells us nothing and is exhausting (not to mention silly) to read. I gave up when I hit the next barrage of question marks on the following page, and a quick flip through the book confirmed that there were many others ahead.
On a different note... dear publishers, please could we go back to trimming the pages? I realize that deckle edges are a thing with old books, and this is a book set in the 19th century, but there's a reason people invented better production methods. Deckle edges are so frustrating for readers who like to flip back and forth.