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I LOVED this book.
Well, until she left Thornfield.
Then it got boring and St. John made me mad.
At one point he tells Jane that if she doesn't go with him to the East she's going to live a selfish life and God will think she's not a believer anymore. So damn annoying! She's been through cr*p and after all those bad things happening to her, she still believed and prayed. If it's not true faith then I don't know what is.
I loved the neat and beautiful language, the conversations between Jane and R ...more
Well, until she left Thornfield.
Then it got boring and St. John made me mad.
At one point he tells Jane that if she doesn't go with him to the East she's going to live a selfish life and God will think she's not a believer anymore. So damn annoying! She's been through cr*p and after all those bad things happening to her, she still believed and prayed. If it's not true faith then I don't know what is.
I loved the neat and beautiful language, the conversations between Jane and R ...more
May 17, 2010
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Loved it. I read this as a teen and remember liking it. I was curious as to whether I would feel the same. I think I liked it more. I certainly appreciated Jane's character more. She was passionate but that didn't overrule her moral character or her good sense. She loved people but saw them as they actually were. Also she was strong. What a refreshing character. I wish more women characters were like her in books today. How was Bronte so far ahead of her time? And why are we so often backward th
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Perfect writing considering it has been written so back in time. Charlotte Bronte seems to have been highly educated. I would have 5-star-ed it if I haven't watched this story in several editions before reading it.
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