I liked The Eyre Affair! It was really hard for me to get into at first, because it's quite an odd little world (but in a totally good way), and you really need to know what this world is like in order to understand what's going on once Jane Eyre becomes more important. 
 To be honest, this world made no sense to me the first time around, and I feel like I need to read it again. Because I really need to understand what the heck just happened. It wasn't annoying, and I liked the book just fine, but it feels like one of those books you need to read a few times to really understand what's happening. Or maybe I wasn't paying as much attention as I could have. 
 It also made me want to read Jane Eyre again, because it's been a long time since I've read it. Maybe reading it beforehand would have helped. You don't need to read Jane Eyre to know what's going on, since the book is more about trying to keep weird things from happening to the book, but I still recommend reading it alongside The Eyre Affair. 
 With a first reading, it's a little too odd, and trying a little too hard to be clever, and I did have a little trouble keeping up with what was going on. There are all of the random things, and it was a little confusing at times trying to figure out what was going on. But I still kept reading, because there is something compelling about this book, and I did want to know what happened next. I would definitely recommend it to English/Literature majors because while I like books and reading and fangirl over books and authors, this isn't my kind of book. Not that people who didn't major in those 2 subjects wouldn't like the book or appreciate it, but I do think it's great for a certain kind of person. I'm just not that kind of person. 
 My Rating: 3 stars. I liked The Eyre Affair, but not as much as I thought I would. But it is a pretty cool concept.