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jessamcelwain's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Emotional abuse and Toxic relationship
Moderate: Alcoholism, Cursing, and Domestic abuse
Minor: Mental illness and Physical abuse
yourbookishbff's review against another edition
- 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
Also on this read, I was more interested in the structure and style. The use of two unreliable narrators is so brilliantly done, where Mr. Lockwood’s diary-style narrative depends entirely on an abbreviated version of Nelly Dean’s narrative, which depends entirely on her retelling of events that happened to other people nearly three decades ago. The layers of bias between us and the events of the story create a feeling of always viewing the action through a fun-house mirror, with the melodrama rendered farcical and the broodiness of the characters and the moors deepening into supernatural terror.
Ultimately, who but an isolated and introverted young woman confined to the English moors, writing under an alias, defying the strictures of her zealous Christian family members could have written a story even her own sister would later caution is maybe too dark? (Charlotte’s posthumous introduction to the novel is overly apologetic and explanatory to a degree that I really dislike, but her note that her sister’s writing was “moorish, and wild, and knotty as a root of heath” is perfectly said).
Graphic: Mental illness, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Alcoholism, Adult/minor relationship, Violence, Physical abuse, Grief, Misogyny, Toxic relationship, Gaslighting, Emotional abuse, Death, and Incest
Moderate: Racial slurs, Death of parent, and Racism
Minor: Pregnancy
maayanaravot's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
The only character i really liked is edgar, he deserved better.
Graphic: Child abuse, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Death, Grief, Bullying, Cursing, and Gaslighting
cosmopsis's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.75
Graphic: Emotional abuse, Domestic abuse, Ableism, Alcoholism, Toxic relationship, Child abuse, Chronic illness, and Grief
Moderate: Death, Death of parent, Physical abuse, Classism, and Racism
riverofhorton's review against another edition
Graphic: Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Gaslighting, Gun violence, Xenophobia, Bullying, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Panic attacks/disorders, Abandonment, Addiction, Death, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Incest, Kidnapping, Murder, Religious bigotry, Animal cruelty, Blood, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Gore, Misogyny, Classism, Confinement, Cursing, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Slavery, Torture, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Pregnancy, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Trafficking, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Physical abuse, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, and War
eva_vva's review against another edition
- 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
4.5
Graphic: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Incest, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Alcohol, Pregnancy, Death of parent, Classism, Death, Domestic abuse, Grief, Racism, and Sexism
Moderate: Addiction, Misogyny, Abandonment, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Confinement, Mental illness, Racial slurs, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Suicide attempt, Stalking, and Self harm
acwhit17's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Death, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Racism, Toxic relationship, Child abuse, and Child death
Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Ableism, Death of parent, Bullying, and Terminal illness
Minor: Sexism, Classism, Misogyny, Animal cruelty, and Abandonment
mcmeiss's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Child death, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Terminal illness, Toxic friendship, Domestic abuse, Grief, Child abuse, Torture, Violence, Classism, Death, Mental illness, Outing, Physical abuse, Alcoholism, Chronic illness, Toxic relationship, and Sexism
mirandahems's review against another edition
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
2.0
Graphic: Alcoholism
Moderate: Mental illness, Confinement, Infidelity, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Death of parent, and Death
kjboldon's review against another edition
4.5
Graphic: Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Misogyny, Violence, Domestic abuse, Pedophilia, Bullying, Pregnancy, Alcoholism, Child death, Mental illness, Addiction, Animal death, Child abuse, Toxic relationship, Alcohol, Animal cruelty, Death, and Kidnapping