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4.11 AVERAGE
4.11 AVERAGE
dark
emotional
hopeful
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
dark
mysterious
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
This book has many beautiful hidden details that are not related to the main plot, so many will ignore them because they are not easy to spot. Very well described the feeling of the main character and her thinking. Women at that time, even today, have to accept the thoughts and decisions of men by struggling and doing as they envisioned, without any negotiation. We see this behavior through all the women in this book except Jane Eyre, who eventually gives up on her feelings at the end. She never refrained from thinking rationally and expressing her opinion in crucial moments.
In the end, she fell under her feelings though and I don’t know how to feel about it. I probably expected it to stay strong until the very end, but life always brings us different things. Definitely worth reading.
In the end, she fell under her feelings though and I don’t know how to feel about it. I probably expected it to stay strong until the very end, but life always brings us different things. Definitely worth reading.
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emotional
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
The beginning felt a bit slow and repetitive at times but later on totally made sense for so much backstory to be included at the beginning. It helped a lot in understanding Jane's character and her actions and in sympathising for her. I was rooting for her so much.
I very much hate all men in the book, the way all of them think they know Jane, what she's thinking and why she's acting a certain way and they are way too bossy.
the way St. John demanded her to marry him and wouldn't stop asking made me so mad. Mr. Rochester didn't act that much better in my opinion and justthe age difference and him calling her 'his little friend', always adding the little gave me such an ick. I can however respect the drama queen he is. And men who yearn >>. The ending was super sweet I was hoping she wouldn't get married by the end and just be her strong and independent self but the ending was still very sweet.
I mean they are so connected they hear each other's voices inside their head calling out for them. I'm such a sucker for stuff like that.
I very much hate all men in the book, the way all of them think they know Jane, what she's thinking and why she's acting a certain way and they are way too bossy.
I mean they are so connected they hear each other's voices inside their head calling out for them. I'm such a sucker for stuff like that.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Religious bigotry
Minor: Xenophobia, Colonisation
reflective
slow-paced
3.75
Ohhhh the melodrama! I love a gothic novel, and as this is a classic I am very happy to have read this.
It has a good deal of humor in a jesting manor that I didn’t expect but kept the book fun.
I had no knowledge of what this plot was and I was throughly impressed at how progressive it was! Aannnnd then I got to about the 70% mark when it folded in on itself back to a more conventional (but for todays standards, very problematic) relationship dynamic.
That’s to to say, taken in the context of its time it wasn’t progressive, as it certainly was. But I went from feeling like this was the most feminist literary gothic that was WAY before its time to feeling flustered and reminded heavily that this book is from the mid 1800s.
Ohhhh the melodrama! I love a gothic novel, and as this is a classic I am very happy to have read this.
It has a good deal of humor in a jesting manor that I didn’t expect but kept the book fun.
I had no knowledge of what this plot was and I was throughly impressed at how progressive it was! Aannnnd then I got to about the 70% mark when it folded in on itself back to a more conventional (but for todays standards, very problematic) relationship dynamic.
That’s to to say, taken in the context of its time it wasn’t progressive, as it certainly was. But I went from feeling like this was the most feminist literary gothic that was WAY before its time to feeling flustered and reminded heavily that this book is from the mid 1800s.
adventurous
challenging
emotional
hopeful
mysterious
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Such a marked contrast to Villette, where anything supernatural was explained away quite glibly at the end. Jane Eyre is gothic as heck, and everyone in it is far less likeable than Villette’s entourage, and I like the book the more for it.
In my opinion, the beauty of Bronte’s portraits of Man is not in Rochester or Paul Emmanuel but in Graham and St. John. Men that the heroines would have to debase themselves to love or marry. The paler spectres of Angel Clare, good men, honest men, handsome and kind and maybe even loving, but weak of mind and stifling. I don’t like Rochester or Paul (though in the latter at least, I could see why Lucy liked him) but they don’t matter as much as the mild ‘nice guys’ do. They’re far more common and far more demanding in a quiet way, the man the crane wove senba ori from her own feathers for, the man she wasted away for, the man who doesn’t even think he is asking or requiring too much and would drive a woman to half-death.
Which is a very dramatic way to say I thoroughly enjoyed this book and I wish Bronte knew that she influenced not just chick lit, but fan fiction in general.
This book really made me want to pick up a pen (read: sit at a keyboard) and WRITE, damn it.
My one big huge absolutely unmissable caveat is of course, the way the book treats Bertha Mason is unforgivable. There lies the brunt of why I deeply dislike Rochester as a character. It is deeply uncomfortable to read the depictions of lunacy. I would not like to teach this book to children.
Also my favourite line:
St. John: Don't cling so tenaciously to ties of the flesh; save your constancy and ardour for an adequate cause; forbear to waste them on trite transient objects. Do you hear, Jane?
Jane: Yes, just as if you were speaking Greek. I feel I have adequate cause to be happy, and I will be happy. Good-bye!
In my opinion, the beauty of Bronte’s portraits of Man is not in Rochester or Paul Emmanuel but in Graham and St. John. Men that the heroines would have to debase themselves to love or marry. The paler spectres of Angel Clare, good men, honest men, handsome and kind and maybe even loving, but weak of mind and stifling. I don’t like Rochester or Paul (though in the latter at least, I could see why Lucy liked him) but they don’t matter as much as the mild ‘nice guys’ do. They’re far more common and far more demanding in a quiet way, the man the crane wove senba ori from her own feathers for, the man she wasted away for, the man who doesn’t even think he is asking or requiring too much and would drive a woman to half-death.
Which is a very dramatic way to say I thoroughly enjoyed this book and I wish Bronte knew that she influenced not just chick lit, but fan fiction in general.
This book really made me want to pick up a pen (read: sit at a keyboard) and WRITE, damn it.
My one big huge absolutely unmissable caveat is of course, the way the book treats Bertha Mason is unforgivable. There lies the brunt of why I deeply dislike Rochester as a character. It is deeply uncomfortable to read the depictions of lunacy. I would not like to teach this book to children.
Also my favourite line:
St. John: Don't cling so tenaciously to ties of the flesh; save your constancy and ardour for an adequate cause; forbear to waste them on trite transient objects. Do you hear, Jane?
Jane: Yes, just as if you were speaking Greek. I feel I have adequate cause to be happy, and I will be happy. Good-bye!