Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

Jane Eyre (Seasons Edition -- Summer) by Charlotte Brontë

92 reviews

melist6's review against another edition

challenging emotional inspiring sad 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? It's complicated

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Abandonment, Classism, Mental illness, Adult/minor relationship, Sexism, and Confinement

Minor: Death of parent and Incest

realizedcreation's review against another edition

adventurous challenging 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

2.5

Would have been higher but for the anti-semitism and racism

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Grief, Racism, Abandonment, Death of parent, Classism, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Incest, Fire/Fire injury, and Death

Minor: Antisemitism

sophie8's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

I loved this so much more than I expected, the second half especially! Worth every page :)  

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Content Warnings

Minor: Suicide, Abandonment, Gaslighting, Infidelity, Classism, Mental illness, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, and Misogyny

On a lighter note, warning: you may become obsessed

drraytay's review against another edition

dark slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Misogyny, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Toxic relationship, Gaslighting, and Classism

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury, Bullying, Child death, Confinement, Injury/Injury detail, Death of parent, Mental illness, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

alyssapusateri's review against another edition

challenging mysterious slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Adult/minor relationship, Confinement, Injury/Injury detail, Emotional abuse, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Incest, Misogyny, Grief, Racism, and Death of parent

Minor: Colonisation, Sexual violence, Pregnancy, Medical content, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

eleanor_w's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Injury/Injury detail, Suicide, Incest, Mental illness, Child abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Infidelity, and Toxic relationship

mistystar's review against another edition

adventurous emotional medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, and Mental illness

Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Grief, Death of parent, and Emotional abuse

jessversteeg's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Classism, Confinement, and Mental illness

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Colonisation, and Suicide

Minor: Death and Death of parent

lunar_moths's review against another edition

Was a really good book, it was just a bit to slow paced for me particularly being a student

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, and Sexism

Moderate: Child abuse, Sexism, Chronic illness, and Bullying

Minor: Death of parent, Child death, and Classism

condor's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

It does keep you in your toes with some plot twists but also got me frustrated many times when the characters act completely illogically. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism

Moderate: Mental illness, Sexism, Fire/Fire injury, Classism, Religious bigotry, Suicidal thoughts, Child abuse, Colonisation, Confinement, and Forced institutionalization

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Body shaming, Death of parent, Classism, Gaslighting, Toxic relationship, and Abandonment