Reviews tagging 'Bullying'

Jamaica Inn by Daphne du Maurier

5 reviews

loreleianderson's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.5

The plot is interesting and du Maurier's writing is delightful. But the romance part is juvenile. For me, I could just switch roles with Joss and Patience instead of Jem and Mary to understand what Patience saw in Joss and also see the future of Mary.

Mary is, in my opinion, too reckless but i admired her loyalty and courage even if she annoyed me. 

Is a violent book and you won't find any comfort.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Bullying, Death, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Misogyny

Minor: Death of parent

taleofabibliophile's review against another edition

slow-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Bullying, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Murder, and Alcohol

Moderate: Animal death, Gore, Misogyny, Blood, and Death of parent

Minor: Ableism and Fire/Fire injury

t_bun's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Kidnapping, and Sexual harassment

paperknotbooks's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.25

Atmospheric. 

There was some predictability to evolution of the plot, but it doesn’t take away from the story at all. When we first met Joss, I was hoping Mary’s impressions of him would be a misunderstanding. 

The loss of a star was mostly thanks to the over-the-top drawing Mary happens upon, along with the villain’s confession. I just found myself rolling my eyes by this point.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Bullying, Emotional abuse, and Violence

Moderate: Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, and Sexism

Minor: Blood

phantomgecko's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-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

3.5

Dark, mysterious, upsetting. The twist

the albino being the kingpin

was predictable, but that's not a criticism.

All the paganism stuff seemed really rushed, though, so Francis's motivations weren't exactly fleshed out. Like, I knew he was behind things, but I still don't really know why.

My biggest complaint, tbh, was the narrator of the audiobook was a guy. I never felt connected to Mary because the voice he gave her was ridiculous. idk why a novel with a female protagonist was narrated thus, but oh well.

All in all, it's no Rebecca but still alright. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism

Moderate: Bullying, Death, and Domestic abuse