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asharamakumar's review against another edition
- 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? Yes
5.0
Usually when I love a book I speed through it, unable to put it down, but with Jane Eyre, I wanted to savor every word, every page, every second of it. You only get to read Jane Eyre for the first time once. It might be the only book that when I finished it, I immediately wanted to start it over again.
This is the perfect novel.
From top to bottom, it is engaging, interesting, progressive, and exciting!
The entire story is absolutely brilliant in its discussion of agency, class, gender, and place. Jane is an extremely complicated, well-developed character whose life is both tragic and incredible. Every person should be inspired by her tenacity, her strength of conviction, and her willingness to fight for herself.
I somehow managed to avoid knowing anything about the plot before reading, and if you're able to live under the same rock I did, it's totally worth it! There are so many twists!! Books just aren't like this anymore. The way the twists happen are completely masterful and have the payoff you crave in a good story. It's unexpected without being overdone or ridiculous.
Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Domestic abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, and Sexism
booksoversecondbreakfast's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Classism, Death, Death of parent, Misogyny, Toxic relationship, Domestic abuse, and Forced institutionalization
Moderate: Grief, Fire/Fire injury, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Child abuse, Confinement, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Ableism
Minor: Religious bigotry, Incest, Racism, and Colonisation
theothergrl's review against another edition
- 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? It's complicated
4.25
If it were for that I'd give it 5 stars, however the 2nd half is heavily racist, ableist, xenophobic, and classist. Themes of colonialism and religious missions, institutionalisation, grooming (Jane is sadly very much groomed by the men in her life), etc. There is no condemnation of any of this, no revolt against bigotry in the narrative. Therefore, I can't give it a pass for being "of its time", as there are many classics which either resist against or refuse to entertain such bigotry.
Graphic: Racism, Xenophobia, Gaslighting, Infidelity, Sexism, Mental illness, Pandemic/Epidemic, Religious bigotry, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Abandonment, Ableism, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Fire/Fire injury, and Racial slurs
Moderate: Classism, Colonisation, Grief, Incest, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Suicide, and Violence
Minor: Forced institutionalization, Physical abuse, Death of parent, Suicidal thoughts, Antisemitism, and Drug abuse
renorsomethin's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Domestic abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, and Child abuse
Moderate: Confinement and Classism
rachaelbunny's review against another edition
- 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
4.0
Graphic: Mental illness, Child abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Child death, Classism, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Forced institutionalization, Confinement, Gaslighting, and Toxic relationship
Moderate: Injury/Injury detail and Emotional abuse
Minor: Antisemitism, Xenophobia, and Racial slurs
ella7211'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? It's complicated
2.0
Graphic: Toxic relationship, Death of parent, Classism, Forced institutionalization, Child death, Fire/Fire injury, Suicide, Domestic abuse, and Sexism
isamomo's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
and if i DIED MS. BRONTË.
Moderate: Child death, Mental illness, and Child abuse
Minor: Suicide attempt, Domestic abuse, Antisemitism, Forced institutionalization, Injury/Injury detail, Colonisation, Blood, Death, Sexual violence, Classism, Death of parent, Gaslighting, and Racial slurs
cinnaminskies's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Graphic: Physical abuse, Fire/Fire injury, and Child abuse
Moderate: Confinement, Mental illness, Domestic abuse, and Religious bigotry
marianne_clh's review against another edition
- 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
4.75
Moderate: Domestic abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Forced institutionalization, Mental illness, Misogyny, Colonisation, Racism, Classism, and Gaslighting
reminiscences's review against another edition
- 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? No
3.75
Moderate: Ableism, Emotional abuse, Domestic abuse, Gaslighting, Mental illness, Religious bigotry, Child abuse, and Fire/Fire injury