Reviews tagging 'Bullying'

Mansfield Park by Jane Austen

10 reviews

babudarabu's review against another edition

emotional hopeful 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Classism and Emotional abuse

Minor: Bullying, Child death, Abandonment, and Infidelity

heresyourletter's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny reflective medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Classism, and Bullying

Moderate: Infidelity, Colonisation, Sexism, Religious bigotry, Gaslighting, Abandonment, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Alcoholism, Slavery, Cursing, and Child death

The main character comes from a lower-class background and after being sent to live with her rich aunt and uncle, is denigrated for her manners. As an adult, she in turn looks down on the manners of her parents when she returns home to visit them. One of the main characters owns a plantation in Antigua. It is implied that he is a slave owner. The slave trade is also briefly mentioned. One minor character is an alcoholic who curses mildly throughout his chapters and is said to make crude jokes at his daughter’s expense. The main character is romantically pursued by a man to whom she repeatedly tells that she’s not interested and is constantly pressured by her family to marry. Brief mention of the death of the main character’s sister, who was a child at the time.

Main character is a Cinderella-type figure who is mistreated throughout the book. Lots of conservative Christian morality throughout, but tempered slightly by your typical Austen satiric wit.

calamityin's review against another edition

challenging slow-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism, Bullying, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Colonisation, Infidelity, and Incest

Minor: Confinement

fjordpingvin's review against another edition

challenging reflective slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism and Classism

Moderate: Toxic friendship, Infidelity, Abandonment, Bullying, and Colonisation

Minor: Alcoholism, Child death, and Slavery

calliejacob's review against another edition

sad slow-paced

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

1.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Classism, Racism, Toxic relationship, Abandonment, Chronic illness, Colonisation, Slavery, Toxic friendship, Ableism, Bullying, Emotional abuse, and Incest

Moderate: Infidelity, Misogyny, and Panic attacks/disorders

rikke_bay's review against another edition

emotional 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

Moderate: Classism and Infidelity

Minor: Bullying, Emotional abuse, and Gaslighting

bronzeageholly's review against another edition

emotional lighthearted reflective

• 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? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity and Incest

Moderate: Bullying and Slavery

madisone's review against another edition

reflective slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Incest and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Infidelity, Slavery, and Bullying

Minor: Child death

silver_valkyrie_reads's review against another edition

hopeful reflective relaxing 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? No

5.0

2021 Re-read:
 While still not quite my favorite Jane Austen, I like this one better than I remembered liking it. I found Fanny very relatable to my past self, but in a way I don't think I was able to see until after the fact. While the story is less enjoyable because of the large section where Edmund is being in idiot, it is still a good comfort read (and to be fair to Edmund, while annoying, his idiocy is always reigned in to understandable levels).

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Infidelity and Bullying

Minor: Child death

angelbabe_cj's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective slow-paced

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

3.5

While I can't deny the skill of the writing in this book, I find that most of the characters were rather dislikeable. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying

Minor: Infidelity