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This is a reread for me, but it's been many years.
I don't think I was as enamored this time around...at least with parts of it. I think I'd really give this 3.5 stars but I rounded up. I loved the beginning. Felt it started to drag after the church scene and stayed that way until Jane hears her name whispered. And it's a long period through there. It also seemed quite contrived and I just wasn't buying it. Perhaps I'm better leaving the gothic romances in the past when I was younger and more car ...more
I don't think I was as enamored this time around...at least with parts of it. I think I'd really give this 3.5 stars but I rounded up. I loved the beginning. Felt it started to drag after the church scene and stayed that way until Jane hears her name whispered. And it's a long period through there. It also seemed quite contrived and I just wasn't buying it. Perhaps I'm better leaving the gothic romances in the past when I was younger and more car ...more
This was an absolutely amazing novel that has secured it's place among my all time favorite novels. I would definitely recommend this as a must-read! Bronte does an excellent job mixing a gothic mystery with a passionate love story. Where other "classical romances" may become slow or insipid, this one pulls you into the story and makes you a part of the intense emotions that are swirling around. I definitely didn't see "the big reveal" coming, and thought it incredibly clever. The character deve
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Mar 05, 2009
Christina, but with tea
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it was amazing
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Mar 10, 2009
Reem
marked it as to-read
Dec 12, 2009
Kristy
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Sarah
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