Jane Eyre ; Charlotte Bronte

This was a very difficult book for me to get through for the first 150 pages. It was just so slow, I couldn't keep focused. Matt was having the same trouble. A friend of mine was over and we were talking about what we were reading. When I told her I was reading Jane Eyre, she replied that it was her favorite book of all times, I gave her a look like "you must be joking". She then asked if we were talking about the same "Jane Eyre".
Once you muddle through the first half though it is a good book. I kept thinking that they should have just done away with the first half, but I suppose it was needed to define Jane's character. Jane was not a very likable character for me, which many at book club disagreed with. I just found her as very rude, cold and self-possessed. The end of the book was wonderfully written.
On another note, Matt has infiltrated both of my book clubs and is now the only male in both. Got to love that man.