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Lia
Dec 30, 2016 rated it liked it  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: books-i-own
After digesting this overnight. I will stick with the 3star rating.
The reading experience was unique as regardless of what you know about this book, you already know the ending. Bertha is mad at the end.

I've never really liked Rochester . Never really sure how he became the love hero. You never really find out why Rochester decided to call Antoinette "Bertha", other than the fact he liked the name. I know it is a metaphor of control and power Rochester held, however why the name Bertha?

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Kate
Feb 09, 2017 rated it it was ok
Yeah, I still don't like it. ...more
Nadine in NY Jones
Read this at that young impressionable age in college, after reading Jane Eyre - blown away. Then I proceeded to read everything I could find by Jean Rhys. I guess there have been a lot of editions over the years, because I can't find the cover art I remember here.Jane Eyre ...more
Carla
Mar 07, 2009 rated it it was ok  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: portuguese, own, 2014
Don't know if it was the translation but something was off. I did enjoyed the setting but the characters and stream of consciousness writing seemed confused. Couldn't really relate to them or understand them and what was going on. :/ ...more
Aimee
May 30, 2009 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
Christian
Aug 30, 2009 marked it as tilføjet-til-bibliotek  ·  review of another edition
Kristina
Sep 10, 2009 rated it liked it  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: 2011
Jennifer
Oct 27, 2009 marked it as to-read  ·  review of another edition
Martha
Nov 13, 2010 marked it as to-read  ·  review of another edition
Arianna
Aug 30, 2011 marked it as to-read  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: must-read
Eunice
Sep 10, 2015 marked it as to-read  ·  review of another edition
Laine
Dec 09, 2016 marked it as to-read
maria
Sep 15, 2017 marked it as to-read
Dana Berglund
Dec 11, 2018 marked it as to-read
Linnea
Dec 26, 2018 marked it as to-read
taeli
Dec 30, 2018 marked it as to-read  ·  review of another edition
Kelly
Apr 15, 2020 rated it really liked it
Shelves: adult