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Moderate: Death, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Toxic relationship, Death of parent
Minor: Racism
Also on this read, I was more interested in the structure and style. The use of two unreliable narrators is so brilliantly done, where Mr. Lockwood’s diary-style narrative depends entirely on an abbreviated version of Nelly Dean’s narrative, which depends entirely on her retelling of events that happened to other people nearly three decades ago. The layers of bias between us and the events of the story create a feeling of always viewing the action through a fun-house mirror, with the melodrama rendered farcical and the broodiness of the characters and the moors deepening into supernatural terror.
Ultimately, who but an isolated and introverted young woman confined to the English moors, writing under an alias, defying the strictures of her zealous Christian family members could have written a story even her own sister would later caution is maybe too dark? (Charlotte’s posthumous introduction to the novel is overly apologetic and explanatory to a degree that I really dislike, but her note that her sister’s writing was “moorish, and wild, and knotty as a root of heath” is perfectly said).
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Incest, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Violence, Grief, Gaslighting
Moderate: Racial slurs, Racism, Death of parent
Minor: Pregnancy
Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Incest, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual content, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Medical content, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Grief, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, War, Injury/Injury detail, Classism
Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Incest, Physical abuse, Racism, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Grief, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Alcohol, Classism
Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Confinement, Mental illness, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Self harm, Stalking, Suicide attempt
Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Racism, Toxic relationship
Moderate: Ableism, Addiction, Alcoholism, Bullying, Terminal illness, Death of parent
Minor: Animal cruelty, Misogyny, Sexism, Abandonment, Classism
Moderate: Domestic abuse, Incest, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism
Minor: Animal cruelty
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Toxic relationship, Violence, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Alcohol
Graphic: Animal death, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Incest, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Violence, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Classism
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Violence, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Classism
It’s an easy read & has fairly good pacing, but I also found it difficult to ascertain which character (Lockwood or Nelly) was speaking in the first person since so much of the story is told from Nelly’s point of view.
Graphic: Alcoholism, Bullying, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Violence
Moderate: Death, Incest, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Murder
Minor: Animal cruelty, Misogyny, Sexism