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maryehavens 's review for:
Villette
by Charlotte Brontë
mysterious
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
I listened to this entire book (about 20 hours, exceptional narrator) so I think reading it, with French translations, would have been helpful. But, there's a lot of words in this book and not much action so it was easy to listen to and do a bit of daydreaming.
I just read the synopsis to make sure I was on track for the plot and I was (yay!). The characters confused me but that's o.k. - you still got the idea.
I was happy it did not end in a wedding as most 19th century novels. Lucy Snowe is awesome and I loved her candor and snark. I think my favorite dig was "he looked like a pile of eyes on a rich masterpiece" :D While the ending was a bit ambiguous, I choose to believe Lucy lived the remainder of her life as the mistress of the school, free to be herself without the shackles of a man :P
I think Charlotte Bronte is my favorite 19th century author. Wikipedia says that Elizabeth Gaskell wrote a biography/did research on Charlotte?? I love Gaskell as well so it warms my heart to know that Gaskell was also enamored of Charlotte.
I just read the synopsis to make sure I was on track for the plot and I was (yay!). The characters confused me but that's o.k. - you still got the idea.
I was happy it did not end in a wedding as most 19th century novels. Lucy Snowe is awesome and I loved her candor and snark. I think my favorite dig was "he looked like a pile of eyes on a rich masterpiece" :D While the ending was a bit ambiguous, I choose to believe Lucy lived the remainder of her life as the mistress of the school, free to be herself without the shackles of a man :P
I think Charlotte Bronte is my favorite 19th century author. Wikipedia says that Elizabeth Gaskell wrote a biography/did research on Charlotte?? I love Gaskell as well so it warms my heart to know that Gaskell was also enamored of Charlotte.