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Jenna Starborn by Sharon Shinn

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Jun 06, 10

bookshelves: scifi

This is a Scifi retelling of Jane Eyre, with Jane pushed to the background to give the centerstage to Jenna. I myself really liked it, even though it felt like a lovesick teenager wrote herself into her favourite romance, which I think is odd as Shinn is a very talented writer and doesn't need to stoop to writing fanfiction. It has all the things that make Jane Eyre a good story and adds cyborgs, spaceships and other scifi stuff to it. This story isn't a mash-up like 'Pride and Prejudice and Zombies'. Shinn wrote the whole book herself, not using text from the original story and therefor it's a much better book than any of the recent mash-ups which often turn out awkward in my opinion.

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Cheryl in CC NV Hope you don't mind me asking - do you strongly recommend I read Jane Eyre first? I never have and am not sure I want to. Or maybe, based on others' reviews of this book, being a fan of Jane Eyre might influence one to be less welcoming to Jenna's story? What do you think?

(Sorry if my question isn't coherent; I'm confused today.)


message 2: by Carien (last edited Oct 29, 2010 01:40pm) (new) - rated it 3 stars

Carien I think you can read this story without having read Jane Eyre first. I myself love Jane Eyre and really enjoyed this version as well, but they're basically the same story, although in a different setting.
It might be hard to get hold of though, I myself bought it second hand on Ebay.
edited to add: And this one being a modern retelling makes it easier to read.


Cheryl in CC NV Thank you! I haunt used bookstores on my vacations, so I like to have a vetted list rather than just pluck interesting covers. So, if I encounter this one of those trips, great. If I don't, no worries. :)


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