Highly Recommended

The narrator is phenomenal. I love her voice and her inflection. She faithfully portrays each character's voice; how she manages to capture so many, varied tones is amazing.

I love this story. I loved it even more as I listened to it. When I read it, the French caused me to struggle with gaps that were held together more easily while listening.

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Lucy Snow’s inconsistency in consistently annoying

Perhaps it’s meant to be showing the complexity of the character but I found this character entirely unreal due to the inconsistency in her behavior from chapter to chapter and even sometimes scene to scene. Frustrating. The poor mans Jane Eyre.

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Boring

This book was boring. Very long tedious prose. 25% in the book and still nothing was happening.
Narration was not the best either. Every character had basically the same voice.

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Fantastic Narration & Beautiful Writing

The Bronte sister’s books are my favorite for their gothic themes, beautiful prose, and romance. There is a richness in the writing that draws you into the role of confidant to the main character, a writing skill that seems inimitable. You see attempts in modern literature, but it comes off as forced and awkward. The narration of this story is enjoyable and easy to listen to, with a voice that fits the story, a must for me when it comes to audiobooks. There are parts of the story where interest may lag, but it truly is a brilliantly written and narrated story. Listening rather than reading this book may pull you more deeply into the story. I highly recommend.

Good story, good narration- but you need to speak French..

Warning a good portion of this book is in French. I don’t speak French so was not prepared. Sometimes you could guess what was said based on the responses, but others times you can get really lost. And one or to times a critical plot points is completely missing if you don’t understand French… BUT… This was a good story, that weaves the lives of different characters into one narrative. A bit dated but still good.

Masterpiece

I find this to be Charlotte Bronte’s finest work, rich with deep psychological insight into timeless affairs of the human heart, here beautifully performed.

I feel the richer for having read it thrice

Language can entertain no better than in this story, even if you can't understand French. A much lighter story than Jane Eyre or her sister's Agnes Grey. Joins Jane Eyre and works of JRRT and JKR on my list of the thrice-read. Once for the language, twice for the characters, thrice for the subtle weave that holds it all together.
I like the situational humor: a madame whose rule is founded on espionage. I like its frequent infusion of literary imagery from ages past. Its verbosity is not inflated prose of the word-processor age. I would that any modern writer wishing to employ first person narrative be required to read this book first.

Pure poetry

The sheer love of words propelled me forward. What genius in the flowering of the English language. Enter herein to open your ears and heart. Listen well.