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Jane Eyre

Charlotte Brontë

Start date: August 1, 2025

Finish date: August 31, 2025

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Why we're reading this: Augusts book is Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte as chosen by the members of my Instagram Broadcast channel.…more
[close] Augusts book is Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte as chosen by the members of my Instagram Broadcast channel. A bit of a longer read than our last book so get ready to have a lot of chill reading time this month. It’ll be good for you (and me) :)

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August (Jane Eyre)

August (Jane Eyre)
By Iwana Cristal · 13 posts · 123 views

last updated Sep 23, 2025 01:42AM

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Sep 15, 2025 Iwana Cristal rated it really liked it

This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here. Okay first things first, I feel like this review is slightly invalid because I had to read a slightly simplified version of the story. I tried really really hard to get through it in the old English language but there were SO many words I did not understand it would’ve taken me a year to look each of them up and get through the story. It also would have made it unenjoyable so I chose the simplified route instead. A bit sad since I know the way that Charlotte wrote and described things is suppose Okay first things first, I feel like this review is slightly invalid because I had to read a slightly simplified version of the story. I tried really really hard to get through it in the old English language but there were SO many words I did not understand it would’ve taken me a year to look each of them up and get through the story. It also would have made it unenjoyable so I chose the simplified route instead. A bit sad since I know the way that Charlotte wrote and described things is supposed to be beautiful. I will take on that challenge another time.

Despite missing out on the language aspect I really really enjoyed reading this story. I don’t know how to explain it but it felt like a REAL story like I enjoyed it the way I feel a book should be enjoyed. There is so much packed into this book and every part of it was intriguing.

Getting to read about Jane’s childhood really helped plant seeds on the reasons for her interactions and look on live later in the story. I’m glad Charlotte gave us this foundation the the story. Because just like in real life so much is shaped in a characters life when they are young.

I so loved reading about the friendships and other relationships like that between her and miss temple, Helen, Diana and Mary and even Bessie. Because the book is written in first person it was very easy for me to also get attached to these characters that Jane speaks so fondly of and in turn I grieved a little when these characters left the story in one way or another. The same goes for the characters Jane was less fond of and thus made this story so emotionally involving for me, which I enjoyed.

Mr Rochester… I still don’t know how I feel about him. I know that throughout the story I was routing for them and I am glad the story ended the way it did. But when I actually think about his character I question how much I actually like him haha. Jane is very good at convincing me otherwise. And to be honest I suppose she had the same issue. Although she never ever stopped loving him she knew she had to leave Thornfield Hall after the lies and stood her ground until she felt it was okay to let her feelings take over again. So respect to you Jane for listening to your integrity.

As for st. John rivers, no…just no

Let’s talk about Jane herself. I loveeee her character. Genuinely she was such an enjoyable protagonist to read about. From the very beginning I wished her the best and was rooting for things to go in her favour. Despite all the hardship she lived through, some of it genuinely capable of breaking people, she remained sweet and loving and positive. And although she sometimes got close to being persuaded into things she didn’t want she stayed strong.

Right, so overall I would give this a 4/5 (I only took a star off because I didn’t get to read the book as it was actually meant to be read. So that’s my fault not Charlottes) what did y’all think of this story? ...more

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