A review by gwynsvan
Becoming Jane Eyre by Sheila Kohler

3.0

This novel describes Charlotte Bronte writing Jane Eyre, imagining how she might have included elements of her own life in the plot. I really enjoyed the first half of the book, describing Charlotte's life with her father and siblings, and her crafting of the novel. After Jane Eyre is published, however, I felt the book deteriorated into a novelization of Bronte's biography. I just wasn't as interested anymore. I was also troubled at times, throughout the book, by the author's sentence structure. There were often dependent clauses with no clear relation to the main clause. I wondered why Kohler didn't have a better editor. All the same, I recommend this book to any dedicated fans of the Brontes or Jane Eyre.