timbookshelf's review
Couldn't get into the writing. Writing style was very young and simplistic.
rebeccajane's review
3.0
2.5 stars.
I didn't think these short stories were anything special. While I didn't dislike them, I thought the characters and the places were a bit hard to follow and I expected a lot more from it.
I didn't think these short stories were anything special. While I didn't dislike them, I thought the characters and the places were a bit hard to follow and I expected a lot more from it.
heyheybooks's review
3.0
Overall it was very interesting to see Charlotte's early work. It was however not at all what I expected. When I learned several years ago that the Brontes created imaginary worlds and wrote stories from them, I pictured something more fantastical. Instead it's pretty straightforward high society in a very England-like Africa. I at least pictured something more like a fairy tale, with supernatural characteristics, especially since their most well known officially published works had themes of the supernatural.
I also really wish I could read the equivalent of Emily's Gondal, since Wuthering Heights is so dear to me.
I also really wish I could read the equivalent of Emily's Gondal, since Wuthering Heights is so dear to me.
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