Reviews tagging 'Racism'

Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë

81 reviews

amotoquinha's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective sad medium-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? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Racism, Suicide, and Xenophobia

jiyajiyajiya's review against another edition

dark emotional funny mysterious reflective sad slow-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Racism

annapox'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? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Mental illness, Racism, Toxic relationship, Suicide, Toxic friendship, Child death, Classism, Confinement, Fire/Fire injury, Infidelity, Ableism, Child abuse, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Alcohol, Suicidal thoughts, Antisemitism, Racial slurs, Colonisation, Death, Religious bigotry, Sexism, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Gore, Grief, and Medical content

sofipitch's review against another edition

dark 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

I read this in middle school the first time and I remember I didn't like it. I felt that Jane wasn't a "strong" enough female protagonist (it was like 2012, the age of YA "girlboss" female protags like Katniss so pls forgive me). I also didn't like the fantastical parts of the story, like Jane returning bc she heard Mr. Rochester calling her or Jane magically becoming rich. And while yes these plot devices/ ways to give the character a happy ending are still weak, this time around it did not ruin the book for me. I loved the gothic atmosphere that permeated the whole book, many of the descriptions, especially of the outdoors were lovely. I did like how first Jane is, I think I was too young to grasp this at a young age, especially with a difference in time period/ culture. And the romance, which even in middle school I liked, was amazing, it often pulled at my heart strings and I would find myself near tears.

There were some things I didn't like still, theres a casual racism that permeates English culture, so the n word is dropped once and unfavorable depictions of Romani ppl are offered. Jane almost agrees to go be a missionary in India which 🤢. There is also a degree of Christianity and "Christian morals" in this book that are annoying. Unfortunately a lot of these traits come with reading European classics.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Racism

edesia_guest's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad slow-paced

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

4.0

I studied this for Uni and it is brilliant, the plot is heavy but amazing to analyse. But Bertha, or Antoinette, is ignored. To take Spivak’s criticism this book is an allegory of colonisation and it is sad that her story is ignored and erased under Jane and Rochester’s love. While we need to understand the time the author wrote in, this criticism still remains when modern readers view this. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Colonisation, Toxic relationship, Deadnaming, Racism, Sexism, Emotional abuse, Classism, Confinement, and Misogyny

Minor: Bullying, Body shaming, and Death of parent

darthizzy's review against another edition

dark emotional funny tense 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Racism, Racial slurs, and Ableism

uchuflowerzone's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Ableism, Confinement, Infidelity, Misogyny, Sexism, and Suicide

Moderate: Colonisation, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Injury/Injury detail, Child death, Classism, Death, and Racism

Minor: Alcohol, Death of parent, Sexual harassment, and Xenophobia

sarafinley's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad slow-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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Racism and Antisemitism

ifweweresorrows's review against another edition

medium-paced

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

2.25

I went into Jane Eyre with surface level information about it and I was so confused about what was so appealing about Mr. Rochester.

I think Jane is dumb for going back to him when he basically told her that he was going to ‘chain her up’ with jewellery. He is by far the most unlikable character I’ve ever come across in a book

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism

Moderate: Colonisation, Confinement, Ableism, Classism, and Abandonment

knottmad's review against another edition

dark mysterious slow-paced

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

2.0

This book is very well written, but the themes and the moral of the story is so awful. It's better to just Google best quotes from this book than read it.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Ableism, Injury/Injury detail, Gaslighting, Child abuse, Colonisation, Confinement, Classism, Sexism, Racism, Death, Stalking, Fire/Fire injury, Emotional abuse, and Domestic abuse