Reviews tagging 'Ableism'

Jane Eyre illustrated by Charlotte Brontë

83 reviews

condor's review against another edition

3.5

challenging dark emotional hopeful slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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It does keep you in your toes with some plot twists but also got me frustrated many times when the characters act completely illogically. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism

Moderate: Child abuse, Confinement, Mental illness, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Forced institutionalization, Religious bigotry, Fire/Fire injury, Colonisation, Classism

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Body shaming, Toxic relationship, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Classism

wifescullys's review against another edition

5.0

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Beauty and beast relationship too rashly overleaping societal conventionalities together soulmateism oughhh..

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Ableism, Racism

thewillowwood's review against another edition

4.25

dark inspiring mysterious reflective 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

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I loved this book. It has many flaws, to be sure, but it was one that I felt deeply connected to throughout.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexism, Terminal illness, Classism

Moderate: Ableism, Mental illness, Antisemitism, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail, Pandemic/Epidemic

Minor: Confinement, Racial slurs, Racism, Toxic relationship, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Religious bigotry, Fire/Fire injury, Colonisation

machen27's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous inspiring mysterious sad tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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I read this as a young person multiple times for school, and wished to revisit it as an adult; even knowing the broad twists and turns I delighted in how strangely relatable Jane is. While a longer read with unexpected twists and turns, it is no wonder, to me, why this remains a classic.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism

Moderate: Mental illness, Racism

It’s hard to ignore that the lynchpin of the drama revolves around a character who isn’t white and suffers mental illness, handled as an impediment to be removed, rather than a full person. I find keeping the context of who Brontë is and who she writes for offsets this, but it is problematic to say the least. That said, I don’t think these flaws outweigh what the book has to say.

sarasanchez's review against another edition

3.0

dark emotional mysterious reflective

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Racism, Xenophobia, Colonisation, Classism

bearystarry's review against another edition

3.75

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Despite the … views of the time, I guess, and the fact that between the entire cast of characters there were about three redeeming qualities, I enjoyed listening to this book. The first two thirds were the most interesting and the last third sort of lagged for me but in general I guess I was just interested in the way Jane told her story.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Body shaming, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Mental illness, Racism, Sexism, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Forced institutionalization, Religious bigotry, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail, Classism

Moderate: Alcoholism, Incest, Terminal illness, Alcohol

sgferguson's review against another edition

2.25

reflective slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Ableism, Child abuse, Mental illness, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Fire/Fire injury, Colonisation, Classism

lambclown's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective relaxing slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Forced institutionalization

Minor: Death of parent

cait's review against another edition

3.0

dark reflective 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

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Content Warnings

Minor: Ableism, Addiction, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Sexism, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Alcohol, Colonisation, Classism

town_scar's review against another edition

4.25

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Death, Incest, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Suicide, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Cultural appropriation, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Sexual harassment, Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail, Classism