I have always been embarrassed for not having read JANE EYRE. And I purposely avoided all JANE EYRE-related conversation. So I did not know what Mr. Rochester had done. I knew there was someone on the attic, but that's all. 
 I was absolutely swept up in the setting and tone of this novel. And I loved every turn of Jane's adventure. I was constantly frustrated for her. What is she to do? What choices does she have? My mother thinks the relationship with Mr. Rochester is romantic, I think it's abusive. I think he treats her like a child. She is a child. But he wants to fuck her so it changes things. 
 I kept on weighing all of her decisions, wondering what was best for a woman of her time. I think she should have gone to India, after all, considering her options. That's what I would have done. 
 I was LOLing when Jane Eyre flees from Rochester, jumps in a cab, and leaves her purse there. So she is lost in this new town with nothing. SO RELATABLE, RIGHT?! At first I was like, "Jane you idiot. You're the dumbest person on the planet. You made a rash decision and then you were a ditz and now you have nothing and are all alone and penniless." Then I was like, "Oh wait. That is exactly what would have happened to me." But I prolly would have had a cell phone, thank God. I definitely would have gone to the Catholic church for help. I was like, "aha! I reason to be Catholic! You get lost in a random town and the church will hook you up!" 
 This book also made me examine my anxiety. There were so many scenes with Jane and her cousins just sitting around reading the encyclopedia and learning German. I thought, I would have been so bored I probably would have been depressed. What was there to strive for? But then again, the things I have to strive for bring me so much anxiety. Those days it was like "your fate is probably already set, so don't try too hard." Today it's like "your fate is in your hands. You want a podcast? Start one! You want to write a book? You can!" That's a lot of stress that Jane Eyre didn't have. I wonder what those people stressed about. Inheritance? 
 Loved this book. Will probably want to reenter this world again some day. But I don't think I will try WUTHERING HEIGHTS because I heard it is awful? Thoughts?