Lytton Bell’s Reviews > The Secret Diaries of Charlotte Brontë > Status Update

This is equal parts fascinating and boring. The factoids are interesting, but the plot and characters are boring. What makes Bronte's writing so titillating is the pent-up energy and relentless sexual tension that lights it up from within. Here she is portrayed as prudish, sanctimonious, exacting, and notably missing the dreamy, curious, freewheeling, and even impish nature of the original. Strike one.