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Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë

93 reviews

sarasm's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad slow-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Physical abuse, and Racism

Moderate: Rape and Sexual assault

chloereadds's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional inspiring lighthearted reflective relaxing sad tense medium-paced

• 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Emotional abuse, Incest, Violence, Fire/Fire injury, and Abandonment

Moderate: Misogyny, Racial slurs, Sexism, and Suicidal thoughts

lydiavsbooks's review against another edition

emotional mysterious slow-paced

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

4.75

I have so much love for Jane!

I enjoyed this the first time I read it, but loved it the second time, and I think understood and appreciated it a lot more on reread. I just loved Jane's journey in finding belonging, and I adore her as a character.

The gothic themes and atmosphere throughout was just beautiful, and I really loved the kinda fairytale imagery throughout, especially in the way Rochester describes Jane (as a witch, fairy, elf, sylph, mermaid etc, and himself as a ogre, ghoul etc).

It took a reread for me to realise how much I dislike St John aha. He's self righteous, judgement, mansplains non-stop and is incredibly pushy

Jane refuses him 15 times, I counted, and still he never really accepts her answer until she literally runs away across the country

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Child death, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Misogyny, Grief, Death of parent, and Classism

darkpizza's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring sad slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Toxic relationship, Violence, Grief, Murder, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

freddie_mewcury's review against another edition

I didn't like the narrator, and so much shit happens to Jane... I wasn't in the right space for that.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, and Abandonment

laravo21'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? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Confinement, Mental illness, Misogyny, and Suicide

Minor: Fire/Fire injury

_eelenaa_'s review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful inspiring medium-paced

• 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

4.5

A little bit predictable, but that's the only negative thing I could say about this book. Jane Eyre is a great protagonist, she learns to love and value herself throughout the story due to the hardships she endures and the people she meets. The ending is great too. 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, and Physical abuse

harshibuvan's review against another edition

emotional informative reflective slow-paced

• 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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Child abuse and Misogyny

sarahjoym's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful reflective tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Child death, Emotional abuse, Suicide, Death of parent, and Abandonment

josefinceh's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective medium-paced

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

3.5

This is the book that made me realise that gothic stories might not be my thing...

Jane Eyre follows the titular character through a large portion of her young life as she travels from one abusive household to the next. An orphan and left in an abusive home, Jane grows a strong will and sense of independence, rarely buckling from her own thoughts and will. What makes her stand out from other women in this era is that Jane travels like a man of her time. Majority of the time when she moves it is on her own accord and by her own means. 

Like what you might expect from a book by one of the Brontë sisters, this one is packed with abuse and dark themes. However, this one is definitely one of the lighter stories. So if you've been curious about Brontë and this literary era, this iconic book might be a good place to start. 

My main dislike and discomfort of the story comes from the relationship between Mr. Rochester and Jane. The dynamic of the relationship made me incredibly uncomfortable due to its abusive nature.

Jane is blinded by her affection for Mr. Rochester in a way that I could never completely comprehend. As he harms and lies to her, ending each action with a declaration that his affection for Jane should be obvious, still not denying that he might hurt her again. Perhaps there is a comparison to real life abusive relationships that can be seen here.

 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Body shaming, Bullying, Confinement, Death, and Death of parent

Minor: Fire/Fire injury