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yoheleonore's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Mental illness and Toxic relationship
Moderate: Confinement, Death, Suicide, and Fire/Fire injury
madelnguttorms1's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.5
It wasn't really a book after my taste as I'm not much of a romance reader, and my taste in books is quite different to this one. I enjoy fast-paced, plot-driven stories, and Jane Eyre is a slow-paced novel that is mostly character-driven. We follow Jane through a portion of her life and we get to know the people and the environment around her during this time. I could enjoy this book if I had related to Jane more, but I felt quite distant to her most of the time, despite this book being formatted as an autobiography.
Graphic: Child death and Suicide
Moderate: Suicidal thoughts
Minor: Racial slurs and Racism
its_van_vulpen's review against another edition
- 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? Yes
3.5
Graphic: Infidelity, Mental illness, and Toxic relationship
Moderate: Domestic abuse and Suicide
Minor: Child death, Rape, Sexual assault, and Suicidal thoughts
yolanda_h's review against another edition
- 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? Yes
4.5
Moderate: Confinement, Death, Suicide, and Toxic relationship
jjjreads's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
Graphic: Confinement and Infidelity
Moderate: Ableism, Death, Mental illness, Suicide, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis
Minor: Racism
amelew's review against another edition
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
Moderate: Child abuse, Sexism, and Suicide
sarawiser's review against another edition
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Moderate: Mental illness, Forced institutionalization, Grief, and Religious bigotry
Minor: Suicide, Antisemitism, and Religious bigotry
jowmy4's review against another edition
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.75
Graphic: Ableism, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, and Xenophobia
Moderate: Confinement, Death, Suicide, and Violence
silver_valkyrie_reads's review against another edition
- 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
I still love this book. I noticed more parallels and contrasts between St John and Mr Rochester on this read through--some of them are distinctly more flattering to Mr Rochester than St John.
Original review:
I've lost track of how many times exactly I've re-read this book since I first discovered it as a teenager, but I know it has been quite a few times. Admittedly, part of the appeal is simply to the gooshy romantic side of my personality that I pretend to keep hidden, but I also love some of the other themes of this book--both that there are times when conscience must overrule feelings and that there are times when it is important to include your feelings in decisions rather than simply succumb to apparent logic.
Graphic: Confinement, Mental illness, and Grief
Moderate: Child death
Minor: Child abuse, Infidelity, Suicide, Death of parent, and Fire/Fire injury