Jenna Starborn
by:
Sharon Shinn (author)
From the award-winning author of the Samaria trilogy-a classic story of a woman with the will to rise above the darkest secrets... A baby harvested from the gen-tanks on the planet Baldus. A girl scorned by the only family she has ever known. A woman brave enough to follow her heart-wherever...
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From the award-winning author of the Samaria trilogy-a classic story of a woman with the will to rise above the darkest secrets... A baby harvested from the gen-tanks on the planet Baldus. A girl scorned by the only family she has ever known. A woman brave enough to follow her heart-wherever in the universe it may lead her.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780441010295 (0441010296)
Publish date: February 25th 2003
Publisher: Ace
Pages no: 384
Edition language: English
Full review at SFF Book ReviewI love Jane Eyre. So any retelling would have a hard time convincing me - but the science fiction idea tickled my fancy and I dove right in.This is a good book that stays very true to the original. Perhaps too much so. While the story of Jenna Starborn and Mr. Ravenbeck...
1.5 starsThis sci-fi retelling of the classic Jane Eyre is inventive and seeks to set itself apart, but sadly relies far too much on its source material to really stand on its own. One having never read the original might find it a decent work, but to my mind it played the copy-cat too closely. It a...
I love most of Shinn's stuff, especially her angel work, but this...this convinced me not only that I didn't like Jane Austen-inspired work, but Jane Austen herself (though this was quite a few years ago, so I should probably give Austen at least a try before saying that.)
I love Jane Eyre and this adaptation of it just made me love it even more. As a matter of fact I think I love this version better! I think I may have to go back and re-read it soon. It helped me through it stressful time in my life, it was very much a balm to my soul.
3.5 Stars
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