Jane Eyre! [Progress: 33]

Today I finished Jane Eyre! The first of my 10 classics.

I read it within about 4 days of getting it, which is pretty sad on my part, but i found it intriguing. And i somewhat just wanted to finish after reading the ending in the footnotes! (seriously, just because it is the "classic" edition does not mean they can assume everyone knows the story... but apparently i was in a very select ignorant group.) anyway, besides penguin classics giving away any surprise in the book (i'm surprised they didn't write it on the back cover) i definitely enjoyed reading this. i have never read (or seen the movies of) any of the "classic" love stories: this, pride and prejudice, basically anything by jane austen, etc. so it was still an endearing subject to me. i found myself enthralled even though i knew what was coming. although at some points i found the plot lines to be so coincidental almost to the point of being funny. and sometimes i just wanted jane and mr rochester to make out already so they would stop bantering. but overall, the characters were my favorite part. st john was an especially intriguing character - i was glad charlotte bronte gave him a personality instead of just a cardboard cutout Christian (yay alliteration). i also even caught on to some of the symbolism, but i'm sure if i read this last year, we would have found some sort of sexual allusion at the heart of the story. okay well i will stop paining you with my review, but you have to forgive me... it's been so long since i've analyzed literature in any form.

Bottom Line: if you can get over the predictability, it will definitely keep you interested (especially for the hopeless romantics out there)

now i'm moving on to one of the books off our friend list, i need a break before the next classic.
<3
Meaghan