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Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë

119 reviews

josisteacup's review against another edition

4.0

dark emotional inspiring mysterious reflective slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

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

Moderate: Ableism, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Racism, Fire/Fire injury

renorsomethin's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious 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: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Confinement, Classism

rachaelbunny's review against another edition

4.0

dark emotional mysterious slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

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: Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Forced institutionalization, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Classism

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Racial slurs, Xenophobia, Antisemitism

ritzee13's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Loved this book as a reread aswell, it was nice to know the story beforehand and catch glimpses of Mr. Rochesters shady behaviour and St John's robotic plans for the future. 

Also, I didn't realise how many red flags poor Jane is surrounded by. I begrudged her choice to go back to Rochester, but he was so much better than her cousin. 

The story provides keen insight into what could happen to a poor and helpless woman in a patriarchal society. It seems so easy for the men in her life to push her around and even order her to marry them, it makes me so uncomfortable. 

Also, as an Indian woman, I find St. Johns mission to rid the hindu heathens of their beliefs so ridiculous and disturbing. I don't know how people can go around claiming they have the greatest thing and try to fear monger people into a religion, its baffling.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Incest, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Xenophobia, Grief, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Colonisation, Classism

rainynook's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Even though I was an English major, I somehow never read "Jane Eyre" until now. What a mistake! This is one of the best books I've ever read.  Just delightful.  Beautiful writing throughout. It's a bit long, but worth it.  I did not love the ending, I thought it was a strange ending for such a gorgeously wrought story.  But really, it was not important.  I listened to the Audible version voiced by Thandie Newton - that woman is a gift to the listening world! She is an absolutely brilliant reader, and I'd listen to anything and everything she's done. Her outstanding vocalizations, accents, voices and intonations brought this story, first published nearly 200 years ago, to life in all the best ways. Bravo, Ms. Newton!  And thank you!  

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Suicide, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment

rachaelina's review against another edition

3.5

dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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This book is very well written and fun to read. Unfortunately, it also has the potential to be very dangerous if you're not reading with your guard up.

For example, she does a fantastic job actually leaving after finding out Rochester is already married. She has her eyes open enough to see where their relationship would be headed if she decided to stay and be his mistress and she runs. She builds a new life. She finds a family. And then she goes running back because she thinks she hears him calling her name. A lot of ladies want to say this is fine because his wife is now dead and he has been humbled, but she doesn't know any of that. She thinks she's walking back into the same situation she left. Instead, it conveniently turns out she now gets to play savior to the guy who lied and manipulated her. It's the same "I cAn ChAnGe HiM" garbage that plagues stories aimed at and cherished by women even though they know these stories never end well in real life.
Side rant, it rather drives me crazy that people turn it into a she must marry Rochester OR St. John situation when she easily could have just...not married either. Given that her cousins both successfully met and married other men, I think it's safe to assume they probably had friends they could introduce her to? They weren't the only men in England?

Anyways, it is very well written and enjoyable, but I'd only recommend it if I knew the reader would read it thoughtfully.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment

Moderate: Child abuse, Child death, Emotional abuse

melist6's review against another edition

4.25

challenging emotional inspiring sad 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: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Confinement, Mental illness, Sexism, Abandonment, Classism

Minor: Incest, Death of parent

realizedcreation's review against another edition

2.5

adventurous challenging medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Would have been higher but for the anti-semitism and racism

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Incest, Physical abuse, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Grief, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Classism

Minor: Antisemitism

sophie8's review against another edition

5.0

dark mysterious reflective slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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I loved this so much more than I expected, the second half especially! Worth every page :)  

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Content Warnings

Minor: Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Suicide, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Classism

On a lighter note, warning: you may become obsessed

drraytay's review against another edition

3.0

dark slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Racism, Toxic relationship, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Classism

Moderate: Bullying, Child death, Confinement, Mental illness, Death of parent, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail