M Gregs’s Reviews > Jane Eyre > Status Update

I love this book more than nearly any other book, but Jane becoming emaciated and nearly dying after not eating for two days is one of the silliest episodes in literature.

In my Jane Eyra

“And this is what I wished to have […] this young girl, who stands so grave and quiet at the mouth of hell, looking collectedly at the gambols of a demon, I wanted her just as a change after that fierce ragout.”

Charming, Rochester, as ever.

Edward Rochester is a singularly moody bitch and I love him even more now than I did when I was 14 because I strongly identify with how much he hates being in his thirties.

This is the first book I ever remember loving. I read it when I was fourteen, and clearly remember thinking, “This. This is why people love reading so much.”

I’ve read it many times as an adult and, truthfully, Jane’s Mary Sue-ness grates on my nerves a little now. But I keep coming back to it because it taught me how to escape into another world, if only for a little while.