In the Quick

A Novel

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Kate Hope Day: In the Quick (2021, Random House Publishing Group)

272 pages

English language

Published Sept. 7, 2021 by Random House Publishing Group.

ISBN:
978-0-525-51125-0
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4 stars

Major spoilers ahead!!

I really liked a few things about this book. The tie-ins to Jane Eyre were delightful and spare. The aunt getting rid of Jane/June was, well, kind of understandable after June burns most of the house down by experimenting. And, the brooding Mr. Rochester is on a planet, alone, and it's only after a fire in the night that you realize his role.

I loved how June is so believably interested in science. I loved the difference in the narration and her agency from when she is 12 to when she's an adult. She goes from narrating as some sort of alien examining human life to competently living her own.

There were a few things I didn't like. The book ends abruptly, maybe making room for a sequel. The love interest is rather monstrous, but less morally excusable than Mr. Rochester is. Because of this, it's not …

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