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Glass Town: The Imaginary World of the Brontës by Isabel Greenberg
9 reviews
directorpurry's review against another edition
challenging
informative
reflective
sad
slow-paced
- 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? It's complicated
2.75
Content Warnings
Graphic: Blood
Moderate: Fire/Fire injury, Death, and Racism
Minor: Alcoholism and Child death
orlagal's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
reflective
sad
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Xenophobia, Death of parent, Misogyny, Murder, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Racism, Violence, Colonisation, Classism, Sexism, Slavery, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, and War
inkdrinkers's review
dark
mysterious
reflective
fast-paced
- 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
5.0
"We have lived off dreams for far too long, Anne."
Glass Town tackles the story of the four Bronte children as they grew up and developed their own worlds and wrote massive amounts of work/stories set there. Prior to the publication of Charlotte, Emily, and Anne's actual novels, there was the epic that spanned decades of their lives and was embroiled with much of the family's drama and trauma.
Greenberg did a fantastic job with this. I loved the fact that Charlotte was the main narrator, bookending the creation of Glass Town with the actual historical input that related to each new plot point in their world. The notes left behind from the Brontes are hard to pick through and often don't make much sense, but I feel like the author and illustrator did a wonderful job at bringing the threads together to weave a story about grief and escapism.
I really enjoyed this! As a fan of the Brontes and a fan of picking up anything to do with them, I loved that this didn't shy away from the critiques often found of their work (colonization, racism, classism, etc). But it also stands as its own story about how one woman sought to escape the realities of life so far as to create her own world to retreat to in her mind. I also really loved the art, it was wildly beautiful, colorful, and did a great job at capturing the feeling of the story. Perfect for fans of the Brontes who are looking for something fictionalized, but not too far off from the real tragedy of history.
Content Warnings: Grief, Child death/Death (in present and in story), War, Racism, Alcoholism, Colonisation, Death of parent (mention)
Glass Town tackles the story of the four Bronte children as they grew up and developed their own worlds and wrote massive amounts of work/stories set there. Prior to the publication of Charlotte, Emily, and Anne's actual novels, there was the epic that spanned decades of their lives and was embroiled with much of the family's drama and trauma.
Greenberg did a fantastic job with this. I loved the fact that Charlotte was the main narrator, bookending the creation of Glass Town with the actual historical input that related to each new plot point in their world. The notes left behind from the Brontes are hard to pick through and often don't make much sense, but I feel like the author and illustrator did a wonderful job at bringing the threads together to weave a story about grief and escapism.
I really enjoyed this! As a fan of the Brontes and a fan of picking up anything to do with them, I loved that this didn't shy away from the critiques often found of their work (colonization, racism, classism, etc). But it also stands as its own story about how one woman sought to escape the realities of life so far as to create her own world to retreat to in her mind. I also really loved the art, it was wildly beautiful, colorful, and did a great job at capturing the feeling of the story. Perfect for fans of the Brontes who are looking for something fictionalized, but not too far off from the real tragedy of history.
Content Warnings: Grief, Child death/Death (in present and in story), War, Racism, Alcoholism, Colonisation, Death of parent (mention)
Content Warnings
Graphic: Grief, Child death, and War
Moderate: Alcoholism, Racism, and Death
Minor: Colonisation and Death of parent
odrib's review
adventurous
emotional
informative
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? N/A
- Strong character development? N/A
- Loveable characters? N/A
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A
4.5
Content Warnings
Minor: Alcoholism, Child death, Colonisation, Racism, Addiction, Death, Grief, and Slavery
strawberrytheauthor's review
adventurous
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
Will I be starting Jane Eyre now? Yes. Is it because this book hyped up the Brontë sisters’ writings? Also yes. Because of Glass Town even the stories of everyday life seem like they will be fantastical.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Alcoholism, Blood, Child death, War, Violence, Slavery, Racism, Murder, and Grief
Moderate: Terminal illness
Minor: Sexual content and Death of parent
readandfindout's review
adventurous
sad
medium-paced
- Diverse cast of characters? No
3.0
Style/writing: 3.5 stars
Themes: 3 stars
Characters: 2 stars
Plot: 2 stars
Art: 4 stars
Themes: 3 stars
Characters: 2 stars
Plot: 2 stars
Art: 4 stars
Content Warnings
Moderate: Racism, Slavery, Grief, Death, and Child death
Minor: Alcoholism and Colonisation
becks_books's review
adventurous
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
medium-paced
- 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
3.75
I really enjoyed the story, and it was told beautifully, with the way it weaves together the real with the imagined. My main issue really was the artstyle, it just didn't work for me, and a lot of the time the emotions of the characters didn't really come across on the characters faces which was a shame, so aesthetically and also practically it didn't really work for me, but the story was enough to keep me reading.
Also, knowing more about Charlotte's (bad) taste in fictional men really explains a lot about Rochester.
Also, knowing more about Charlotte's (bad) taste in fictional men really explains a lot about Rochester.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Death and Grief
Minor: Colonisation, Racism, Child death, Death of parent, Alcoholism, Mental illness, and War
spinesinaline's review against another edition
dark
funny
inspiring
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
Content Warnings
Moderate: Death, Child death, War, Racism, and Infidelity
clarabooksit's review
adventurous
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.25
This was interesting but very bleak.
Having studied Victorian literature in college, it was curious to see Greenberg’s fictional take on the Brontës’ lives and their real fantastical writings. The melding of the real and the imaginary was done really well, though I didn’t love the suggestion that Charlotte was a little mental. I haven’t read the Brontës’ childhood stories of Glass Town, though, so maybe this has more truth to it than I know. I did like that even in her fictional tale the family is burdened and sad and nothing seems to go right just like in their real lives.
Overall, I enjoyed it but I didn’t love it. Greenberg’s art style is sketchy and messy and while evocative, isn’t my favorite.
I’ve read three of her graphic novels now and it’s obvious that she has a fascination with storytelling and storytellers, which is a cool thread linking her books together.
Having studied Victorian literature in college, it was curious to see Greenberg’s fictional take on the Brontës’ lives and their real fantastical writings. The melding of the real and the imaginary was done really well, though I didn’t love the suggestion that Charlotte was a little mental. I haven’t read the Brontës’ childhood stories of Glass Town, though, so maybe this has more truth to it than I know. I did like that even in her fictional tale the family is burdened and sad and nothing seems to go right just like in their real lives.
Overall, I enjoyed it but I didn’t love it. Greenberg’s art style is sketchy and messy and while evocative, isn’t my favorite.
I’ve read three of her graphic novels now and it’s obvious that she has a fascination with storytelling and storytellers, which is a cool thread linking her books together.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Grief and Mental illness
Moderate: Child death, Death, Sexism, Racism, and Misogyny
Minor: Alcoholism
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