A review by elj_ne
Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë

4.5

A reread from 2016 - this was my favourite classic when I read it back then and I remember finding the Mr Rochester bits quite romantic and the St John plotline at the end quite boring. This time around I thought the opposite: I loved Jane's confrontation/refusal of St John at the end and found that part of the story to be the most compelling. Rochester I thought was alright - I appreciate the themes of mutual respect - but overall he wasn't much of a draw. I really like Jane as a character and the narration of her character within the book is what makes this an excellent classic to me. But probably not my favourite any more.