Reviews - Jane Eyre illustrated

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Jane Eyre illustrated

Charlotte Brontë

4.11 AVERAGE

read_and_blossom's review against another edition

5.0

emotional funny hopeful reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: N/A

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

This was such a lovely book.

I can see why a lot of people love this classic and reread it! I certainly would reread it whenever I’m in the mood! It was absolutely brilliant.

I loved Jane Eyre. Seeing her as a child and getting her backstory showed you how good of a person Jane Eyre was even by how she was raised.

I loved Edward Rochester, yes he was a bit funny in the beginning, but I actually loved his character. His relationship with Jane was very entertaining.

Anyways I loved this book!

duchessaelisa's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

am I supposed to move on with my life after finishing this book?

della_ware's review against another edition

3.25

challenging emotional inspiring reflective tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

It was too slow for me to understand the whole story at some points. Very slow hard read

xsimmouse's review against another edition

3.25

dark emotional slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

i'm truly surprised at how feminist this novel is. from what i know, women didn't really have the independence that jane has in the book back in bronte's lifetime. it's such a wonderful coming of age novel. i'm not a huge fan of the age gap between her and mr rochester (20 years?!). throughout the novel jane maintains her position as a morally upstanding character. there were so many times bronte pointed out that jane wasn't beautiful, but she did have great character and i do think that was important to emphasize because of the role her morals play in the book. there was a little bit towards the end about

st john going to "spread the message of God" to india that i wasn't thrilled about

but colonization was all the rage in the 1800s. i did enjoy the irony

in st john wanting to marry jane and his response to her refusing; definitely manipulative,

but am satisfied at the way it played out.

parts of this felt like a slog to read though, to be honest! every main single character had multiple soliloquies and they all sounded the same during their tirades. i would skim a little during those parts. i was, however, surprised at how engaged i was throughout the rest of the novel. the plot was never stagnant. i know it was just because i struggled to understand older english. it felt "cliche" at times - but i don't doubt that bronte was the one who created those "cliches."

maguimscotto's review against another edition

4.0

me gustaron mucho las descripciones esta muy bueno era gracioso no esta a la altura de cumbres borrascosas pero igualmente me gusto mucho la quiero a jane lo unico es la dif de edad pero bueno tdoos los libros viejos son asi mas o menoa