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by April Lindner
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Flying Kick-a-pow!
Flying Kick-a-pow! rated it 13 years ago
This review is also featured on Tasty Books!WARNING: This shall contain some spoilers for this book, as well as for Jane Eyre.Meh. Just ... meh. I didn't hate this book. I just ... didn't really like it, either.Before I picked it up, I knew it was a retelling of Jane Eyre. But, for some reason I did...
ACReads
ACReads rated it 13 years ago
Please check out my review at www.acreads.wordpress.com.
holes in my brain
holes in my brain rated it 13 years ago
lovely contemp retelling
lauredhel
lauredhel rated it 13 years ago
This was just too close a re-telling to work for me. It just comes across as the story of a complete jerk sexually harassing his very young employee, and her ending up back with him; and that's not a book for me. A more metaphorical take on the "madwoman in the attic" would have worked far better th...
No Bent Spines
No Bent Spines rated it 13 years ago
4.5 stars... I LOVE THIS SOOOOOOOOO MUCH!!!!!
Howdy YAL!
Howdy YAL! rated it 13 years ago
really enjoyed this book. Jane Eyre was the first classic I read without being coerced--uh, assigned to read. And I've always been partial to it, I even wrote my senior thesis over it. I liked the fact that Lindner decided to have Rochester inspired character, Nico, be a rockstar and that Jane w...
Ariel Bissett
Ariel Bissett rated it 13 years ago
Brilliant re-telling of Jane Eyre. I thoroughly enjoyed this book.
My only books were women's looks
My only books were women's looks rated it 13 years ago
When Jane Moore takes a job at Thornfield Park nannying for the young daughter of bad boy rock star Nico Rathburn she expects it to be an interesting job. But Rathburn -and his secrets- are nothing like she'd expected.A modern re-telling of Jane Eyre.According to the afterword, this book was born fr...
Carnival Of Souls
Carnival Of Souls rated it 14 years ago
everything about the book was spectacular ! the writing the charcaters the story. i finished this book feeling captivated. Jane Moore is the strong female character i have been waiting for my whole life ! April Linder made me feel as if i watching a movie enfold before my eyes Jane was such an amazi...
Sesana
Sesana rated it 14 years ago
For people who have read and loved Jane Eyre, who admire Jane for her strength of character, who fell in love with Mr. Rochester, and who sigh over the passion of their love: stay away from this book. You'll be very, very dissappointed.April Lindner has attempted a modern retelling. In the Author's ...
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