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chandrajohnson1208 's review for:
Mr. Rochester
by Sarah Shoemaker
Not sure how this book pulled it off, but I couldn't put it down. As a huge fan of Jane Eyre, this book should have been predictable at best (I obviously knew how it would end) and insulting at worst. I first read Jane Eyre in 7th grade and loved it, but as I've gotten older, Rochester has become a more and more fraught character for me. Even as Jane seems like a timeless figure, he seemed more and more to be an outdated, ugly (yet familiar) stereotype of masculinity. Sarah Shoemaker has done away with that, painting a portrait of a hopeful young boy who, through circumstances often beyond his control, becomes a twisted, cynical, angry man who only wants to be good and loved. A great study on a character in desperate need of an update. Bronte fans will revel.