This had a lot of potential, I thought – it’s very tongue-in-cheek of course, and intends to be funny, taking the well-known plot of Jane Eyre and inserting ghosts. It’s not too big a stretch, since there are already gothic overtones to the story. But in this one, Jane not only sees ghosts, but she’s a “beacon,” which means ghosts are attracted to her. Her friend Helen Burns, who dies at the beginning, persists as a ghost throughout this version by Jane’s side. Charlotte Bronte herself is almost a main character in this one, and she gets the love story, not really Jane. This is because Mr. Rochester is only in love with her because (spoiler alert): he’s possessed by the ghost of his dead brother.
I liked this enough to finish it, but I only half-listened while doing other things. I love the story of Jane Eyre, and this version kind of changed most of the things I enjoyed about the original. It was mildly amusing, at least.
My rating: ***
Language: none
Violence: I think there is some but it’s so silly it doesn’t come off as violence
Sexual content: none
Political content: none
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