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Summary: Confusing but Captivating and rather Interseting
Review: I enjoyed this book for the most part. It was a little difficult to get into, but the plot took off quickly after that. There were many symbolic parts of the novel for example the parrot burning in the beginning. Part two begins with a new narrator which is confusing for a few pages. By that point in the book, it had my undivided attention. The rest of the story was hard to imagine but very interesting to read. Poor Antoinette led a rough life but her insanity was inevitable. Her fate of being locked up like her mother was foreshadowed several times in the novel. This story led right into Jane Eyre, which I read first. This book, however, was much more enjoyable.
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Summary: Disappointing and a drag
Review: I suppose my expectations were high for this pseudo-prequel to "Jane Eyre." The Jamaican dialect and colloqualisms made it difficult to follow, similar to Alice Walker's "Color Purple." In fact, I returned this to the library before finishing it. I had hoped for better
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Summary: This book added a new twist to Jane Eyre.
Review: This book was a little hard to follow at first with several narrating changes but after a little while the book became quick to read and easier to understand. The book added a new twist to the classic Jane Eyre but did not give too much as to ruin the story of Jane Eyre. Not only does Rhys write a wonderful addition to Jane Eyre but she also teaches the reader a lot about the times and cultures in the early 1800's in Jamaica.
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Summary: Good, but not up to the mark!
Review: The book is amazing, although a little confusing. A difficult read if not enough secondary sources to refer to. Many wonderful and contridicting themes involved. The movie was also not very badly done and is quite close to the book. Helps us to see a different prepetive to Jane Eyre. We are totally blind to the "mad-woman in the attaic" in Jane Eyre. Helps to look at a different prespective of Edward R. Overall good book but requires quite a few re-readings! Join a newsgroup or email me if u have any interesting ideas or any presisting questions about the book!
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Summary: Nit-Picking the Sea.
Review: This novel was a challenge, but I suppose it was worth the effort. However, I found six major errors between Wide Sargasso Sea and its "mother book" Jane Eyre.Top 6 Discrepancies 1. Antoinette's age / Rochester's age 2. Letters sent back to England 3. Rochester's feelings for Antoinette 4. Richard Mason's relationship to Antoinette 5. Time spent before wedding 6. Rochester after Bertha's attack on Richard I don't include the descriptions, as I do not wish to spoil it for anyone. It is a worthwhile read, but I wholeheartedly reccomend Jane Eyre first.
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Summary: Great.....if you're into masochism
Review: I did not read this book out of choice...it was cruelly forced upon me by the board of education. I am extremely upset by Jean Rhys' lack of originality in molesting characters immortalised by Charlotte Bronte in her classic. This book was painful to endure.....it is much better used as firewood.
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Summary: Anyone who loved the classic Jane Eyre will hate this book.
Review: Takes the character of Mr. Rochester and turns him into a monster. Cheap rip-off of a great classic. Worthless.
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Summary: A mad story written by a mad woman reveals sanity and truth.
Review: Whilst it's a difficult novel to read and takes time to understand, it is worth it. Spend time reading Jane Austin, spend time reading WSS. Spend time on each page understanding the significance of each word, because each word has been crafted to mean something. Jean Rhys spent a decade writing it, so a few weeks reading it should be a minimum. Each sentence echoes, creates, expands, clouds, uncovers. Rereading uncovers more. It is a novel about racism, sexism, colonialism, but at its heart there are no "isms", just human nature. It doesn't postulate right or wrongs, that is left up to the reader - it creates questions. Who can we relate to? Rochester? We'd like to think not. Where is our place in the world? Where is home? Within us, or without.
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Summary: This book was more tedious and painful than chewing glass!!
Review: Due to the sadistic nature of the Board Of Education we were forced to read this book for 3 unit English. After studying Jane Eyre we were thankful for the shorter book, after reading it however there must be something said of someone who must stoop to stealing a classics characters and mutilating them reducing them to self centred, psychologically impaired,suicidal beings. If it were possible I would have given negative stars for the time I wasted from my life forced to read this book. Im hoping that in the afterlife Charlotte Bronte is teaching Jean Rhys a lesson about plaguarism by stabbing her repeatedly from the inside out while quoting Jane Eyre.
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Summary: A Jane Eyre fan who loved this book
Review: I, too, had to read this book in school, several years ago. I've reread it several times since. I'm always struck by the sheer beauty of the prose--the endless description. I don't feel it detracts from Jane Eyre, which I adore. If anything, it adds to it--provides another point of view. The themes explored are profound. This book makes an excellent companion to Jane Eyre, and stands equally well on its own. A beautiful, poetic novel.
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