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Wide Sargasso Sea

Jean Rhys

Start date: December 1, 2017

Finish date: December 31, 2017

Discussion: Group Reads

Why we're reading this: Co-winner of the November/December 2017 - HUGE Second Chance Poll
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Dec 11, 2017 Matthew rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: classic, library, 2017, completist-book-club

I don't think I really understood this book at first, but after I finished it, I went looking around online for more info about it and it clicked. This book is a prequel to Jane Eyre to be read after you read Jane Eyre. Reading it before you read Jane Eyre will probably spoil some of it for you. Also, as a stand alone book without referrence to Jane Eyre, I don't think it is a particularly interesting book.

The story for me was a bit flat. I didn't fully understand the motivation of the character ...more

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Mar 28, 2021 ~☆~Autumn rated it it was amazing

This book is fascinating as I never managed to develop an idea of Rochester's first wife altho I had sympathy for her. He was wicked to lock her up in the attic. Taking her from a tropical island to cold dark England was very inconsiderate of him. I thought Jane Eyre lacked good sense to fall in love with him. ...more

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