The Eyre Affair

Some of the reviews I read gave this book a single star and many of those said they never finished. Others gave this book five stars. I fall in the middle on this one. Jane Eyre is my favorite novel, so I was excited to see how she/the novel would be incorporated into this mystery. I do think the plot line of JE was used well, but I did want to see a bit more of it. I also wanted the main character to interact more with Jane, have more conversations; I wanted the writer to really capture Jane's spirit, but I don't think she did. The story is very creative, and being the first in a series, I feel a lot of sub plot lines and characters had to be introduced and explained, so it felt like it jumped around quite a bit. There were some really clever moments throughout - one being the Wordsworth poem (but I won't say more to avoid spoiling anything). I am inclined to read more of these books.