Reviews tagging 'Confinement'

Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë

105 reviews

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

misslescatiz's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Grief, and Death of parent

Moderate: Death, Infidelity, and Abandonment

Minor: Incest

brennach's review against another edition

adventurous emotional reflective medium-paced

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

4.0

this book was so good until *SPOILERS* she decided to go back to rochester. she was almost a feminist icon. almost.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Confinement, Mental illness, Misogyny, Sexism, Xenophobia, Grief, and Death of parent

isabellaft's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexism, Suicide, Forced institutionalization, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, and Colonisation

yoheleonore's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Confinement, Death, Suicide, and Fire/Fire injury

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

yolanda_h's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective medium-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

Moderate: Confinement, Death, Suicide, and Toxic relationship

jjjreads's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement and Infidelity

Moderate: Ableism, Death, Mental illness, Suicide, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Minor: Racism

rini's review against another edition

emotional funny reflective tense slow-paced

• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Confinement, Emotional abuse, and Mental illness

Moderate: Child death, Death, Racial slurs, and Racism

Minor: Incest and Antisemitism