The Eyre Affair

I love the Thursday Next series, although I hadn't read The Eyre Affair in a long time. In rereading it, I realized that while I still enjoyed it and it's important for world-building, I don't love it as much as some of the later books in the series. The first half is darker and more intense than I remembered, and then the end of it wraps things up a bit too quickly. But I do love how deep this book goes into Jane Eyre, and I do just love Thursday Next.