Jane Eyre

Jane Eyre: I'm a strong, independent woman who makes the morally right decisions in my opinion even if that means being miserable because virtuousness is more important than my personal feelings or emotional gratification.

★★★★★ all the stars for this beautiful and accurate adaption of one of my favourite classics

You can also find this review on my blog bookboners. There are also some example pictures from the manga, goodreads didn't show them properly.

I received a free version of this manga via Netgalley in exchange for an honest review.

Jane Eyre was the first classic I read and I enjoyed every page of it! So I was very excited when I saw this manga version by Udon Entertainment & Morpheus Studios. AS you can already tell by my rating the adaption did not disappoint me.

This story is about Jane Eyre, an orphan who has to live with her aunt. Jane's aunt can be put in the same category as all the wicked stepmothers out there. She had no love for Jane and showed her this every opportunity she got. Still, Jane grew up to be a kind girl and entered a boarding school. Though there she found people that actually loved her the situation there can't be called acceptable. The girls don't get enough food and the chairman is more interested in stuffing his pockets with money instead of giving the pupils more than the necessary.

Eventually, Jane completes here education at the school and seeks out a job as an governess. She gets hired by one of Edward Rochester's servants to take care of and educate the young girl Adèle. Over time, she and Rochester grow closer and she falls in love. When Rochester confesses his love for her the newly formed couple should be able to spend their time together in blissful peace but Rochester has a secret that makes an easy happy ending impossible for Jane.

It's been a while since I read the original novel but as far as I can tell this adaption stays very true to the original, which I appreciate greatly. The language fit the retelling of the classic very well and the art was beatuiful. Jane is mentioned to be plain looking in the story, or at least she says that about herself and in the manga she looks quite pretty, but well manga does that to a person. Even the not handsome Rochester turns into a quite good looking dude.

All in all a great read for anyone who isn't that enthusiastic about books that take more than two hours to finish as well as people who aren't native english speakers. Though the language in the manga isn't the easiest, it's not as difficult as trying to read the whole novel.