Dear Jane by Marina DelVecchio
TITLE INFORMATION
DEAR JANE
Marina DelVecchio
Black Rose Writing, 172 pages
9781684331727, 1.3.19
BOOK REVIEW
Overall Rating = 3.63
Storyline & Concept = 3.5
Writing & Delivery = 3.5
Cover Marketability = 3.5
Editorial = 4
In Dear Jane, a young woman forms a bond with the fictional Jane Eyre and, subsequently, processes her own life through letters penned to Jane—the tumult of her young years in Greece with an unstable mother, the loneliness of her adolescence with a cold, unfeeling adoptive mother in America. Her letters form the story, and though the epistolary form works well for a young girl writing in her diary, the actual voice of the letters and the ways in which they’re crafted impact the reader’s ability to believe and become immersed in the story. Phrases such as “I crept towards the bus stop along the congested boulevard” don’t ring true for a 15-year-old girl—even one who is well-read. Ultimately, the reader must fight past the style to believe the age and emotion of the main character enough to appreciate the wonderful story as a whole.
Sublime Line: “Through literature, a young girl finds the hope she needs to overcome a pained and isolated childhood.”
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