Deep Dive Into Jane Lee

i love this book. I don’t care what you say, or what you think of it. I will always love this book.

To be honest, when I first saw this book- the title, the book, All I expected was tragedy and darkness. Those moody, gloomy books. And it did, rather start off that way. I was slightly disappointed in that, I’ve already read enough tragedies and moody books these days- I needed something light.

Yet this was different to… dark.

Yet it was different to…light.

Perhaps it is just me, but this book is like the sky- bright, but dark. Sometimes welcoming, but sometimes not.

The book itself is rather beautiful. The title, in slanted font, and the illustration on the cover is magnificent. Every flick of the page seems like it needs to be gently done so, and you read in hushed silence as the world and words seep into your mind.

I am assuming you have read the book. But for readers who have not, let me just tell you this.

Kit, an orphan, has to move from Barbados, where she was pampered and loved on by her grandfather, due to his death. She goes on a boat to go and live with her Uncle and Aunt, as well as her two cousins, Judith and Mercy. Then, she finds a ‘witch’ and becomes her friend. And the story goes on.

Here comes the part for my favorite character.

This is rather a unique choice, but I would choose Mercy, or Nat.

I know, two very different characters, but I like them for different reasons.

Mercy, the kind, loyal, loving cousin. She’s always so kind, and loving, that its impossible for anyone with a heart not to like her. She’s not feigning her kindness- she is kind, and as Anne would say, a total ‘kindred spirit’.

The most aching part I felt for Mercy was when Judith think John likes her, not Mercy (who also likes John but is too shy to say so) and blurts it out so then lading to John not being able to say no to her excited voice. There, Mercy seems to be fine, but I feel her deep pain, because I know how it feels like to be disappointed, although I don’t have a situation like that before. Mercy- a character I love for her kindness, is someone often forgotten, but perhaps is the most important.

The second character, Nat, I like him for his humor. And for being there for Kit when she needed it, being the kind of character, I like. Although he is often portrayed as annoying, he’s loyal, and kind to Hannah, the ‘witch’.

And now to what I think this story was trying to tell me. The world is prejudiced. Just because someone beieves different, looks different, and acts different, we call them names. In this case, a witch. And people who care for those people secretly are afraid. Afraid to help them, because they might be the next one to be accused.

But I learnt that this world, is also good. That there are people brave enough to risk everything for the people. That the people are standing back up, showing them, that uniqueness is good. That it’s amazing. That it’s needed.

Thank you.