A review by lindarlissima
Villette by Charlotte Brontë

2.0

Jane Eyre is one of my favorite novels and I’ve read it maybe ten times. So I was so disappointed not to like Villette, recommended by the lovely Katie. Lucy was so distant and untrusting. Why wouldn’t she tell me how she felt? Why was she so secretive? I couldn’t understand or relate to her in any way and was so hurt when she kept things from me. She reminded me a lot Jane Fairfax from Emma. Jane, on the other hand, actually confided in her readers! Some characters were really interestingly written (the little volatile Frenchman in particular) and apparently drawn from real life. Then I got interested and read a bit about the Bronte family and that was a real downer, I don’t recommend it.