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A review by manadziesma
Shirley by Charlotte Brontë
4.0
7.5/10
A very wordy, even rambling novel. At some moments, I felt as if the authoress was writing just for the sake of it, just to let out her thoughts and to find a safe space in this half-imagined, half-real past. Charlotte must have been in a very peculiar, pensive state of mind at the time of writing this. But who can blame her? Her life was not exactly a happy tale.
The characters were wonderfully carved out, though; even if several of them did nothing at all for the plot, I enjoyed the descriptions of their little peculiarities. Also, the parts explaining the sociopolitical context added to my enjoyment of this book.
A very wordy, even rambling novel. At some moments, I felt as if the authoress was writing just for the sake of it, just to let out her thoughts and to find a safe space in this half-imagined, half-real past. Charlotte must have been in a very peculiar, pensive state of mind at the time of writing this. But who can blame her? Her life was not exactly a happy tale.
The characters were wonderfully carved out, though; even if several of them did nothing at all for the plot, I enjoyed the descriptions of their little peculiarities. Also, the parts explaining the sociopolitical context added to my enjoyment of this book.