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crayolabird 's review for:
Villette
by Charlotte Brontë
I did get into this book, the last 100 pages or so really did hold my interest but the other 472 pages took me longer than usual. The French slowed me down a bit, but near the end my high school classes were coming back to me - with no French experience, I think it would've been frustrating. I found Lucy Snowe as a character intriguing but hard for me to "get" - she seemed so harsh, opinionated and uptight on the one hand, and so loving, generous and helpful on the other. I couldn't ever figure out how she would deal with any particular situation. While I liked the relationship with Lucy and M. Paul (he was an interesting character, VERY Mr. Rochester-type guy) the ending left me feeling...blah. Like, REALLY blah. I am glad I read it because I do like Bronte's writing - I found many ideas in the book intriguing and she creates beautiful images and analogies, it was just a really long book. I liked Jane Eyre better I guess :)