Reviews tagging 'Toxic relationship'

Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë

104 reviews

annapox's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious slow-paced

• 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? It's complicated

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Ableism, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Infidelity, Mental illness, Racism, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Fire/Fire injury, Toxic friendship, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Minor: Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Racial slurs, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Antisemitism, Medical content, Grief, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Alcohol, and Colonisation

edesia_guest's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad slow-paced

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

4.0

I studied this for Uni and it is brilliant, the plot is heavy but amazing to analyse. But Bertha, or Antoinette, is ignored. To take Spivak’s criticism this book is an allegory of colonisation and it is sad that her story is ignored and erased under Jane and Rochester’s love. While we need to understand the time the author wrote in, this criticism still remains when modern readers view this. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Deadnaming, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Racism, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Abandonment, Colonisation, and Classism

Minor: Body shaming, Bullying, and Death of parent

macliffe's review against another edition

emotional reflective relaxing slow-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

solouncapitulomas's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

“I am no bird; and no net ensnares me: I am a free human being with an independent will.”

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Mental illness, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Child death, Death, and Suicide

Minor: Fire/Fire injury

reenareads's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Mental illness

Minor: Death

elena_hoang's review against another edition

emotional mysterious slow-paced

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

3.0

I first know this book as a classic feminist novel. While this might be true to the period, it didn’t meet my expectations in that aspect at all.
The long chapters about Ms Burn - I thought she will be a impactful character but she wasn’t?
And the relationship between Jane and Mr. Rochester seem forced. Jane talks about her love with passion but all I was thinking was “girl you’re eighteen. And the way he talk trash about his former mistresses, are you really just gonna let it slide? 🤨”

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, and Toxic relationship

louisegraveyard's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Misogyny, Racism, Suicide, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Gore

demi_tang67's review against another edition

3.0

I HATE ROCHESTER *feral dog noises* 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship

Moderate: Child abuse, Abandonment, and Classism

rory1387's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

1.0

hey. 
I hated this book. 
- the age gap. 
- she doesn't really have any personality. 
- his personality is "oops I locked my ex-wife in the attic haha"
- it was just really f*cking boring. 
for me this was the epitome of "it is so bad, I want to give you a zero. but that's not possible, so I give you...a one."

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship

Moderate: Confinement, Death, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Toxic relationship, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Death of parent

lal145's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful 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

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Misogyny, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, and Abandonment