Book - Jane Rochester
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Jane Rochester:A Novel Inspired by Charlotte Brontë's Jane EyreKimberly A. Bennett
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Jane Rochester is a memoir of the first years of Jane and Edward's marriage. Jane and Edward must overcome obstacles to bliss, learn to live together, and finally trust one another. It is a classic gothic tale with passion, danger and the constant guiding voice of Jane.
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This was an OK read.
The tone and the writing did seem like Charlotte Bronte's, but, well... it's somewhat like fanfiction.
The Doris Lace subplot felt infantile. I abhorred that. The whole story was moving on quite well and suddenly this Doris Lace fiasco gets thrown in. Totally crashed the party. And it wasn't even that mysterious, as it was, quite frankly, very obvious.
St. John in here also vexed me. The original St. John vexed me enough already, and this new St. John vexed me in another way. Again, it felt a little infantile, and with the way the story was written in that part, one would have thought that something more serious and severe would have happened (instead of just some plain gossip, from one source)
A good, fun, nostalgic read while it lasted but annoying at parts.
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Date: 2012-01-20 16:07 (UTC)After we read Jane Eyre in English Lit, I told my teacher about this book and I was surprised to learn she hadn't heard of it. For some reason, I expected it to be just as popular as the original book.