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Villette by Charlotte Brontë
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it was ok
bookshelves: 2-50-stars

I love Jane Eyre, I just wanted a PBS (BBC) show called "To Walk Invisible" about the Bronte sisters. It was very interesting. So I thought...hey let's try another Charlotte Bronte. (I tried Wuthering Heights a few years ago and I was also really bored!! However that was Emily and I figured sisters don't have to be as good )

Is it fair to compare one book of an author to another book by the same author. Well, I know If I like an author, I want to read and devour each word! I love Jane Eyre! I read it as a teenager and liked it and grown to really love it! This book was BORING! How can it be better than Jane Eyre!
So why Jane Eyre is better than Villette.
There is a plot.
Intrigue.
Crazy Wife in the attic
Romance amazing characters...that you love!!
Really Happy Ending.

Villette, why don't love it!
It is a story that could be told in 100 pages not 489.
It has no real "keep you reading, what is going to happen next" If it wasn't for the audio book, and I was doing other things at work, I would have never made it through!! I sometimes had to rewind because my mind drifted!

The French! Oh Dear Heaven..the French! I don't speak French and there is a lot of it! Yes, Villette is a fictional town, probably Belgium so sure, throw in the French but use context clues as to what they are saying!

I felt a lot of blah blah blah! Get to the point!

It's redeeming factors...It does have a 1840's feminist, girl power, woman making her own way in the world (which was Bronte worry)! I do like that! She is alone and independent and makes it in the world! The whole Monsieur Paul...as a love interest! BLAH. I was camp Graham aka Dr John aka Isadore...pick a name! But you can see why it wouldn't work out. Polly and Graham have been in love since she was 6 and he 16 so.....

So do I want to read this book again! NO! Am I interested in trying another Charlotte Bronte...maybe Jane Eyre again!
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Reading Progress

April 24, 2017 – Started Reading
April 24, 2017 – Shelved
April 26, 2017 –
page 95
16.24%
April 27, 2017 –
page 145
24.79%
April 27, 2017 –
page 145
24.79% "too much French! I guess in Charlotte Bronte day, it was considered important to Learn Friend but I don't speak French and it can be distracting!"
April 28, 2017 –
page 161
27.52%
May 2, 2017 –
page 246
42.05% "Hoping there is a point to this....soon!!"
May 2, 2017 –
page 300
51.28%
May 3, 2017 –
page 338
57.78%
May 4, 2017 –
page 400
68.38% "I would like this book to get to the point! I have to admit that my mind drifts and I have to look at websites offering insight and clarifications of this book. I really really want to like this book...oh please have an ending that is worth all of this blah blah blah! I am not hopeful!"
May 5, 2017 –
page 426
72.82%
May 5, 2017 –
page 489
83.59%
May 5, 2017 – Shelved as: 2-50-stars
May 5, 2017 – Finished Reading

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