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Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë

82 reviews

twentyventi's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad slow-paced

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

4.5

I had never read Jane Eyre all the way through until now. Such a beautifully written book - Charlotte Bronte’s writing is so evocative, and there are so many gems of dialogue between her characters. The reader is attached to Jane Eyre from the start, a reliable and worthy narrator of her story.

Note: There is definitely some expression of views towards race within this book which is unfortunately not uncommon in books written during this time period/within English literature. It’s a shame as it is not at all relevant or necessary to the plot of the book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship

Moderate: Child abuse, Child death, and Suicide

Minor: Antisemitism and Racism

whattaylorreads's review against another edition

challenging dark 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? No

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide

Moderate: Sexism, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, and Incest

Minor: Antisemitism, Racism, and Ableism

ninjasunknown's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious tense 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Racism, Mental illness, Fire/Fire injury, and Forced institutionalization

rosianna's review against another edition

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism

madelnguttorms1's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective 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? Yes

2.5

If you're interested in England during the Victorian era, then I would recommend that you read Jane Eyre at some point. The values and morals of the English people during this time are made quite clear through the eyes of Jane, in both the way she perceives herself and the way she perceives others.

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. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death and Suicide

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Racial slurs and Racism

jjjreads's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement and Infidelity

Moderate: Ableism, Death, Suicide, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Mental illness

Minor: Racism

traa's review against another edition

challenging reflective 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Sexism, Adult/minor relationship, Classism, Death, Death of parent, Suicidal thoughts, Fire/Fire injury, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Moderate: Racism, Religious bigotry, Rape, Colonisation, Gaslighting, Incest, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Pregnancy

portcityreads's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

I still don’t know how to review Jane Eyre because it was written in the 1800’s and had some problematic aspects (which is to be expected). I could go into a dissertation about all of those issues, but I won’t for the sake of brevity (reach out if you want to chat about it though).

So putting those things aside, I’d say it was a very readable classic. I really loved Jane as a character. Young Jane kind of reminded me of Anne Shirley which was really fun. And the story was definitely interesting, but it kind of lost me in the end so I knocked a star off for that.

Overall, if you’re looking for a classic to read, this one wasn’t too challenging and I found it quite interesting!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Mental illness and Racism

It was written in the 1800's so it is full of classism, racism and harmful stereotypes. I know this is a product of the time it was written, but I still found it quite jarring at times.

rini's review against another edition

emotional funny reflective tense slow-paced

• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Confinement, Emotional abuse, and Mental illness

Moderate: Child death, Death, Racial slurs, and Racism

Minor: Antisemitism and Incest

ana610615's review against another edition

emotional lighthearted medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Racism