I'll have to watch the movie once I'm finished. My mother made me read Jane Eyre in 11th grade; one of the better things she insisted I do growing up. Loved it. I figured I would like this too, I just had never gotten around to reading it until now. So far I think I like it better than Jane Eyre; it is an easier read and the plot is a bit more intriguing.

Will my son like it? Not so sure. It's a bit of woman's book really. Seems like an odd choice for an AP English class; I tend to try to choose novels for my classes that are a bit more accessible to both sexes. Of course, I've learned it is absolutely impossible to find something everyone likes as a group. I tend now to have an AP novel list I have my students work off of. What is on the list is "meaty", but they can choose individually what they think they might be interested in reading from that list rather than everyone having to read the same book at the same time. I do some things as a group, but less and less all the time. Students tend to read more actively with a bit a choice.