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hazydazywaffles's review against another edition
Ok, I'm gonna be honest. I don't like this book at all. So many people were like its such a good romance. Um, its weird and freaky. Its an age-gap romance which I wasn't aware of and his nicknames for her are kinda freaky to me. He calls her "my little friend" and when he proposes to her, he calls her "my soon-to-be girl-bride". I knowthis was more of a common thing at the time this book was writen but they also often say things like "he's old enough to be your father". HE SOUNDS LIKE A PETIFILE. Also, MR. ROCHESTER IS A MARRIED AND HIS WIFE STILL LIVES IN THE HOUSE. I DON'T CARE THAT SHE'S INSANE, HE IS LITERALLY CHEATING ON HIS WIFE WHILE SHE IS AROUND!!!!!!!!!!! I just really didn't like this book, won't recommend it.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship
Moderate: Child abuse
pricelesswine's review against another edition
dark
emotional
mysterious
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.25
Content Warnings
Graphic: Fire/Fire injury and Child abuse
Moderate: Mental illness
Minor: Colonisation
wormgirl's review against another edition
emotional
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Grief, and Confinement
Moderate: Child abuse and Child death
Minor: Blood, Colonisation, Death of parent, Classism, and Death
catamongstthepages's review against another edition
emotional
hopeful
mysterious
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Content Warnings
Moderate: Child abuse and Child death
recycled_personalities's review against another edition
emotional
reflective
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.25
Ok sooo it’s a wonderfully written book and the author is definitely talented. However, the story itself didn’t end up being my cup of tea. Rooting for the main character was super easy but her ending was not the one I was hoping for.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Confinement, Grief, Incest, Toxic relationship, Kidnapping, Pedophilia, Classism, Death, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Physical abuse, Sexism, Emotional abuse, Abandonment, Bullying, Child abuse, Medical content, Medical trauma, Misogyny, Fire/Fire injury, and Mental illness
sienasarah's review against another edition
dark
emotional
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Wonderfully romantic, dark, and capturing. A novel well beyond its time and one I return to time and time again.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Abandonment, Child abuse, Child death, and Death
meganpbennett's review against another edition
I couldn't get past the pages and pages of explicit child abuse to get to anything worth reading.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Child abuse
mmefish's review against another edition
I mostly love reading classics; the romanticism, the drama and the struggles—combined with beautiful prose—usually enchant me. But then there's classics like Jane Eyre.
I'm not judging this book bases on how progressive it was at the time, since I'm not informed enough on the topic. I'm judging it based on how interesting the plot, the characters and the setting are. Sadly, not at all.
Jane is the most developed character in the book (naturally) but I don't feel a thing for her. It seems to me she exist solely so the plot would move around someone. She is numb. She is quiet. She is boring. And so is the plot. We are moved from place to place, where a small number of anything exciting happens —just to be quickly forgotten—without a clear goal. Jane is abused in her aunt's house, Jane is sent to a boarding school, Jane skips 8 years of her life and moves on to be a governess in someone else's house. Meanwhile side characters come and go, adding very little to the story. So when Jane loves or hates someone, I can't feel the same, because ultimately nothing really matters. We follow Jane around, and that's just it: follow.
And so, "Jane Eyre" is not entertaining, not exciting, not intriguing, not new (to the modern reader) or informative. It just is.
I'm not judging this book bases on how progressive it was at the time, since I'm not informed enough on the topic. I'm judging it based on how interesting the plot, the characters and the setting are. Sadly, not at all.
Jane is the most developed character in the book (naturally) but I don't feel a thing for her. It seems to me she exist solely so the plot would move around someone. She is numb. She is quiet. She is boring. And so is the plot. We are moved from place to place, where a small number of anything exciting happens —just to be quickly forgotten—without a clear goal. Jane is abused in her aunt's house, Jane is sent to a boarding school, Jane skips 8 years of her life and moves on to be a governess in someone else's house. Meanwhile side characters come and go, adding very little to the story. So when Jane loves or hates someone, I can't feel the same, because ultimately nothing really matters. We follow Jane around, and that's just it: follow.
And so, "Jane Eyre" is not entertaining, not exciting, not intriguing, not new (to the modern reader) or informative. It just is.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Classism and Religious bigotry
Moderate: Child abuse
sorryviolet's review against another edition
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Child abuse, Grief, Classism, and Death
loveyoulike's review against another edition
dark
emotional
mysterious
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
my expectations were set a little too high, but it was still a pretty good read nonetheless
Content Warnings
Graphic: Mental illness, Child abuse, and Toxic relationship
Moderate: Child death and Death
Minor: Fire/Fire injury and Death of parent