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Jane Eyre

by Charlotte Brontë

Read in September 2007

SPOILER ALERT. YOU MAY NOT WANT TO READ THIS REVIEW IF YOU PLAN ON READING JANE EYRE.

I read Jane Eyre for the first time as an adult and I can't help but feel sorry for every junior high or high school student who was forced to read this book.

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Clare my gawd are u kidding me????? this book was amazing i reread with such pleasure!!!!!

Katrina Passick Lumsden Once again, the Bronte lovers and the Austen lovers butt heads. I thought Jane Eyre was much better than anything Austen ever wrote, as Austen's novels are about as romantic (to me) as stale bread.

St. John may have been in a small section of the book, but he definitely didn't play a small role in Jane's life. His actions, no matter how negatively one views them, forced Jane to face reality and try to come to terms with her situation. And it was only after being away from Rochester and being assured a marriage (to St. John) that she could look at her relationship with Rochester objectively. In a way, St. John helped her to figure out how she truly felt about Rochester, and his constant nagging forced her to grow up and use the will that Rochester had helped instill in her to turn St. John down.

I guess you could say St. John was Jane's hurdle.

Clare im not going against austen! I love austen novels mroe than bronte!!!!!! ive read EVERY jane austen novel but i still love jane eyre, it just seems darker to me than austen novels.

Laxua1 YES!!!
this book is terrible...

Jessie I coulded agree more with how odd I thought it was that Bronte's last paragraphs were devoted to St.John, and also with it being just a very long read.

Jaide well, i was one of those unfortunate high schoolers forced to read this dull and dark book this past year. seriously, the ENTIRE time it was like reading it with a dark cloud over my head. there was no real happiness or motivation to me. i didn't believe her and rochester's love also. i just saw it as she had a crush on him and he wanted someone new and different. i liked the central character of jane as she is independent and stubborn. but, to me, the story just didn't flow and was too long for such a short plot. completely incredible.

Sarah Yes!! I found it long and uninteresting. What really ruined it for me was when she just up and left to try survive on the streets! Why on earth, especially in those times, would she do that? For the sake of dignity?! Any sensible person would of just stayed untill they found another position. So dramatic and stupid.

Anne Finally! I'm currently reading this one, and it took a while to find a review of this book that matched what I'm feeling! Thank you!

Emma B This book is a masterpiece. Bronte work has a complexity which Austen;s will never accomplished. If you want entertainment read Austin , if you want meaning read Jane Eyre.

Ashley Honestly I couldn't agree more. I really liked the begenning of the novel and then as soon as she stepped into mr. Rochesters life it started getting really dull.

☺♡M♡☺ I honestly loved this book, why do people say they hate this? Jane and Mr. Rochester, queer, but…strangely fitting…

Karla I hate both Bronte and Austen with an equal passion, so I have no dog in this fight.

Pride and Prejudice? Sucks.
Jane Eyre? Also sucks.

Christa What? I read Jane Eyre when I was 14 and it was one of the best books I've ever read. I don't see how it could be boring.
Austen is okay, and her social commentary is rather comical at times, but her books are not nearly up on the same level as Jane Eyre.

deleted user I personally dislike most 'happy endings' and yet enjoy Austen - in moderation however. I love brooding, stormy tragedy and everything about this book screamed that I would enjoy it.
And yet, I completely agree with the OP.

Natalie I'm with you! I just don't understand the appeal of this story and I find it unbelievable too. I didn't buy Jane and Rochester's romance either...plus, he is jerk. I just don't get it.

Jeniece I read this at 16 and I did not find it difficult to read. If you do try again and use a dictionary. Do not knock a book simply because you can not understand it.

Karla How would a dictionary help with not buying the romance between Jane and Rochester or finding the characters dull and unbelievable?

Elizabeth One of the best books I have ever read, and I read it at 14 or 15.

Karla you fail! i read this book in elementary and have loved it since!

Ðɑηηɑ OMG! Damn, how comes you say such ugly things about Jane Eyre? or about any book at all. Show a little respect. FORCED? Come on! Grow up! You have no respect! You are so... No, no, I wouldn't say anything about you. Though I WILL say ugly things about you damn review! This is so irritating!!!!! Why the hell are you...??
Read it about 3 times, yet this is one of the best books (though I do consider this as my favorite book on earth).

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