This is a book one read under protest. One morning at breakfast one was attempting to explain to the mater that literary affection must be pure and unsullied, it must not mirror life. If it did, it would be unpleasantly sweaty and redolent of bodily fluids.
Around halfway through one’s peroration, she got up from the table, temporarily abandoning a plate of greasy egg and sausage to scrabble around in the escritoire that leans drunkenly in one corner of the breakfast room. She returned to the table bringing with her a torn and dogeared paperback with which she proceeded to beat one about the head.
“This is a proper exploration of human emotion. Read it and for f***’s sake learn something. There will be questions later.”
Adjudging discretion the better part of valour. One read it.
My Review
A plain female child grows into a plain woman. Somehow she catches the eye of a man. Who turns out to be married. Then she runs away. Then she goes back
End of story.
Honestly, gentle reader, it does nothing for one. The heroine lacks romance, beauty, allure, etcetera. Although the hero is quite exciting, I suppose. But if one’s distaff parent hadn’t insisted….
Star rating. One out of five. Plus a half for a slightly sexy hero.
Moonbeam Farquhar Metheringham IV
You can find more of IVy’s profound thoughts in How To Start Writing A Book courtesy of E.M. Swift-Hook and Jane Jago.
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It’s the writing quality. I was never forced to read it, and it was one of the few books in English I had available while growing up in Mexico City.
I loved it, still do – because the writing draws me in every time, wherever I open it.
In addition, I find that readers who have the same opinion about Jane Eyre as I do tend to be the ones who become MY readers – so it’s a touchstone I’m quite fond of.
Funny how people can have COMPLETELY different opinions of things, isn’t it?
I guess I shouldn’t offer you an eARC of Pride’s Children. 🙂
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