Reviews tagging 'Toxic relationship'

Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë

121 reviews

downsophialane's review against another edition

4.0

challenging emotional mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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How does one even review Jane Eyre? It's lush and atmospheric, creating the vibes and tropes that have been so central to my favourite genre for two hundred years. If there's anyone left in the world who doesn't know the big revelation at the end of this book, I won't spoil it but... yeah. Mr R. does some rough stuff in this book, and honestly, so does Bronte, considering who is reduced to a literary device. On that note... It's also pretty racist. So much phrenology, Lottie, why?
So, okay, it's complicated. There are reasons to avoid it. But there are also reasons that you may be interested, particularly if you're a romance reader. If Pride and Prejudice is the mother of modern romance, Jane Eyre is the cool younger auntie.
I would highly recommend podcasts Whoa!mance's Public Access Read-a-Long and Hot and Bothered "On Eyre" series for audio reading companions. 

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Jane Eyre is delicious for the Gothic, of course. I've been assigned Jane and R's first meeting for year 10. We'll see how that goes (honestly, that meeting is real sexy and I feel like my colleague who made this decision... maybe didn't register how sexy it is...  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting

Moderate: Racism, Cultural appropriation, Colonisation, Classism

Minor: Racial slurs, Suicidal thoughts

mondovertigo's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Abandonment

Moderate: Bullying, Child death, Confinement, Death, Misogyny, Suicide, Terminal illness, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Body shaming, Grief, Religious bigotry, Fire/Fire injury

nrogers_1030's review against another edition

4.0

emotional lighthearted mysterious sad slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Mental illness, Grief, Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Alcoholism, Death, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Alcohol

mme_carton's review against another edition

3.0

emotional hopeful mysterious 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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Religious bigotry, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Ableism, Body shaming, Bullying, Misogyny, Racism, Sexism, Suicide, Antisemitism, Grief, Suicide attempt, Death of parent

tf13's review against another edition

1.0

dark mysterious slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Loveable characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Mental illness, Toxic relationship

lezeeticus28's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous challenging emotional inspiring reflective tense slow-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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Toxic relationship

lkbooks's review against another edition

4.0

dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective relaxing sad 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Incest, Mental illness, Misogyny, Racism, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Forced institutionalization, Xenophobia, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting

Moderate: Racial slurs, Colonisation

thefightinside's review against another edition

3.25

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: No

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This book is a bit difficult—because it is very old. The story is alright if you want to dig for it. Jane is a good character, but the rest of them are not the most lovable. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Toxic relationship

Minor: Mental illness, Fire/Fire injury

cornustella's review against another edition

3.25

adventurous challenging dark mysterious reflective tense slow-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Blood, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Confinement, Mental illness, Sexism, Suicide, Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Infidelity

bootsmom3's review against another edition

3.0

emotional hopeful lighthearted relaxing 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: No

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Misogyny, Gaslighting

Moderate: Child death, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Toxic relationship

Minor: Ableism, Fire/Fire injury