![]() Gone are all the religious/moral overtones and imagery. One element completely lacking from The Wife Upstairs is what my mom would call the preachiness of Jane Eyre. It's more like Jane Eyre is the jumping off place for a crazy psychological thriller. It isn't strictly just a retelling of Jane Eyre. ![]() I thought about them throughout the day as I was anticipating picking up the book again.) ![]() (These characters stayed on my mind when I wasn't reading the book. I definitely found it engaging and thought-provoking. As it is I had to split it into two readings. ![]() My thoughts: No doubt about it if I'd read this one in my night-owl days I'd have stayed up all night to read it in one sitting. I'll keep this section to a bare minimum. What should you know going into it? Well, I'd say very little. Premise/plot: If Rod Serling and Alfred Hitchcock got together to retell Charlotte Bronte's Jane Eyre, it might look a little something like Rachel Hawkins' The Wife Upstairs. To let me know how bad she feels about sending me out in the rain on Making a face at me, this frown of exaggerated sympathy that’s supposed The car in the Reeds’ driveway, making my sneakers squelch on the marbleįloors of the foyer. Mountain Brook a nightmare, soaking the hem of my jeans as I got out of Pouring down all morning, making my drive from Center Point out here to įirst sentence: It is the absolute shittiest day for a walk. ![]()
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