I went into this book with high hopes. Not sure where the problem is - in me or in Jean Rhys, but I was disappointed. First part was good and moody, then the second part was more like meh and I didn`t care much for the last part. The pacing was chaotic, the author`s "voice" boring and I had a hard t...
Published in 1966 by a native of the West Indies, this is a a prequel of a kind to Charlotte Bronte's Jane Eyre, telling the story of Rochester's first wife Bertha Mason, the madwoman in the attic: in other words, this is fan fiction. In fact, it's practically the ur-text, the book everyone mentions...
I think the idea of one author piggy-backing, uninvited, on the characters and plot of another, is decidedly dodgy. However, this is widely regarded as a classic, and as I've read Jane Eyre many times (review here: http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/23324130), I thought I should finally try this p...
I put off reading Wide Sargasso Sea because all the reviews I read – mostly before joining GR – only focused on this book being a prequel to Jane Eyre, and I was afraid this might be another piece of fan fiction. Man, was I wrong!I’m not sure if knowing the story of Jane E. actually helps reading th...
I heard so many things about this book, yet i fail to see what is the fuss about. I cannot make sense of it. True, it relates the story of Bertha- Antoinette. A creole who went mad, just like her mother went mad. True, it meets some details that Jane Eyre encloses, and that one star i give this book...
Wide Sargasso Sea is one of those works of fiction, like [b:Ulysses|338798|Ulysses|James Joyce|https://d202m5krfqbpi5.cloudfront.net/books/1346161221s/338798.jpg|2368224], which require background knowledge to fully appreciate. In that sense it is more a work of literature to enjoy from a distance r...
I started out this book feeling very optimistic. It had come recommended to me by two people whose opinion when it comes to books I trust quite a bit, and at first I liked the writing and it felt very atmospheric at first to me. I was also very curious reading from Bertha's( or, as she is called in ...
Probably contains some spoilers “Our garden was large and beautiful as that garden in the Bible – the tree of life grew there. But it had gone wild. The paths were overgrown and a smell of dead flowers mixed with the fresh living smell. Underneath the tree ferns, tall as forest trees, the light was ...
This book first caught my eye last year and I immediately added it to my ridiculously long to-be-read list. The book synopsis was right up my alley, I just knew I’d love it, then I looked and saw that several of my friends that I’ve grown to trust their judgement on books rated it 4 and 5 stars. Wit...
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