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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
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