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Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë

31 reviews

downsophialane's review against another edition

challenging emotional mysterious 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

4.0

How does one even review Jane Eyre? It's lush and atmospheric, creating the vibes and tropes that have been so central to my favourite genre for two hundred years. If there's anyone left in the world who doesn't know the big revelation at the end of this book, I won't spoil it but... yeah. Mr R. does some rough stuff in this book, and honestly, so does Bronte, considering who is reduced to a literary device. On that note... It's also pretty racist. So much phrenology, Lottie, why?
So, okay, it's complicated. There are reasons to avoid it. But there are also reasons that you may be interested, particularly if you're a romance reader. If Pride and Prejudice is the mother of modern romance, Jane Eyre is the cool younger auntie.
I would highly recommend podcasts Whoa!mance's Public Access Read-a-Long and Hot and Bothered "On Eyre" series for audio reading companions. 

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Jane Eyre is delicious for the Gothic, of course. I've been assigned Jane and R's first meeting for year 10. We'll see how that goes (honestly, that meeting is real sexy and I feel like my colleague who made this decision... maybe didn't register how sexy it is...  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Confinement, Death, Child death, Domestic abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Bullying, and Child abuse

Moderate: Classism, Racism, Colonisation, and Cultural appropriation

Minor: Suicidal thoughts and Racial slurs

nrogers_1030's review

emotional lighthearted mysterious sad slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury, Mental illness, and Grief

Minor: Gaslighting, Toxic relationship, Suicidal thoughts, Death of parent, Death, Alcohol, and Alcoholism

mme_carton's review

emotional hopeful mysterious 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? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Religious bigotry, Suicidal thoughts, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Antisemitism, Body shaming, Bullying, Death of parent, Grief, Sexism, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Misogyny, Ableism, and Racism

nerdkitten's review

challenging dark emotional 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Confinement, Fire/Fire injury, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Emotional abuse, Religious bigotry, and Violence

Moderate: Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide

Minor: Ableism, Blood, Death, and Death of parent

chloereadds's review

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

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

viccy's review

adventurous dark medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Child death, Death, and Death of parent

_ciaranmoss's review

dark emotional reflective 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Cultural appropriation, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Mental illness, and Forced institutionalization

madelnguttorms1's review

dark emotional mysterious reflective 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

2.5

If you're interested in England during the Victorian era, then I would recommend that you read Jane Eyre at some point. The values and morals of the English people during this time are made quite clear through the eyes of Jane, in both the way she perceives herself and the way she perceives others.

It wasn't really a book after my taste as I'm not much of a romance reader, and my taste in books is quite different to this one. I enjoy fast-paced, plot-driven stories, and Jane Eyre is a slow-paced novel that is mostly character-driven. We follow Jane through a portion of her life and we get to know the people and the environment around her during this time. I could enjoy this book if I had related to Jane more, but I felt quite distant to her most of the time, despite this book being formatted as an autobiography. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death and Suicide

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Racial slurs and Racism

its_van_vulpen's review

dark emotional mysterious tense 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity, Mental illness, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Domestic abuse and Suicide

Minor: Child death, Rape, Sexual assault, and Suicidal thoughts

traa's review against another edition

challenging 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Sexism, Adult/minor relationship, Classism, Death, Death of parent, Suicidal thoughts, Fire/Fire injury, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Moderate: Racism, Religious bigotry, Rape, Colonisation, Gaslighting, Incest, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Pregnancy