CHARLOTTE TEMPLE

I both liked and disliked Charlotte Temple. I enjoyed the fact it was a love story. I feel like love stories are timeless. My favorite part was when Mrs. Beauchamp befriended Charlotte. Up until that part I felt so sorry for Charlotte. She was a young a girl in place without her family and in love with someone who did not seem to love her. Mrs. Beauchamp was like the only are to encourage her. She was most definitely my favorite character! I also enjoyed how the story turned out to end in an unexpected way. I mean who would have thought she would die? That reminded me how when teens have their first love that unlike their believe does not last forever. During that stage of a broken hearted, you feel like you’re going to die, ironically she died. I felt as though her death came from all the times her heart had been broken. The part I disliked was the language it was written in. I mean I understand that it was written in 1986 but some part was hard to read understand. The language kind of made some parts seem longer and more drawn out. It was like those parts were never going to end. I would really enjoy reading an updated version of the book. Is there one? Also a movie would be nice. Is there one? Another enjoyable moment was the parts when Rowson takes times to speak directly to the reader. Those parts make me think this was somewhat of an autobiography.