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A review by lriopel
Jane Steele by Lyndsay Faye
5.0
"Reader, I murdered him." Oh yes, you had me right there.
I really just loved the hell out of this book. A re-imagined Jane Eyre with a heroine who, rather than bemoaning her misfortunes and mistreatment at the whims of cruel people and accepting less from life than she deserves, instead exacts bloody vengeance against the terrible humans she encounters. This Jane is plucky and affectionate, foul-mouthed and delightful and loyal, as well as lethal toward those who deserve it. I really loved her self-awareness of the ways her life parallels that of Brontë's character, but the most fun were the ways that the original story was flipped on its head. This novel pays affectionate homage to its source material, but has a great story of its own to tell, and inhabits its own universe. Just a super imaginative, highly enjoyable read. The language and writing style when compared to the original story felt spot on, but this is also a modern, fresh and delightfully feminist interpretation of that tale and I just loved it.
I really just loved the hell out of this book. A re-imagined Jane Eyre with a heroine who, rather than bemoaning her misfortunes and mistreatment at the whims of cruel people and accepting less from life than she deserves, instead exacts bloody vengeance against the terrible humans she encounters. This Jane is plucky and affectionate, foul-mouthed and delightful and loyal, as well as lethal toward those who deserve it. I really loved her self-awareness of the ways her life parallels that of Brontë's character, but the most fun were the ways that the original story was flipped on its head. This novel pays affectionate homage to its source material, but has a great story of its own to tell, and inhabits its own universe. Just a super imaginative, highly enjoyable read. The language and writing style when compared to the original story felt spot on, but this is also a modern, fresh and delightfully feminist interpretation of that tale and I just loved it.