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4.11 AVERAGE
4.11 AVERAGE
Mr. Rochester can end it.
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jane is probably one of the greatest female characters of all time
hopeful
inspiring
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
This took me a long time to read for 3 reasons:
1 ) the writing is detailed and descriptions go on for pages
2 ) the characters were boring
3 ) it was racist garbage (ex: reading Jane Eyre while black)
I don't know if I stumbled upon an obscure copy of this book or if I just read a different book from everyone else, but the entire time while I was reading this I was looking for other reviews that mentioned the casual racism in this book and I couldn't find any. It is so evident that in this novel everything that isn't 'white' or 'English' is antagonized, and all the black characters are treated and portrayed terribly.
I don't know if the author herself was racist, but Jane Eyre certainly had her biases, and I am not interested in reading about characters that frolic about in high society while victimizing themselves and casting blame upon every single 'non-white' character in this novel, and casually describing 'non-white' characters as ugly, discolored, fearful, ghastly...etc.
This book can kindly go where the sun doesn't shine.
1 ) the writing is detailed and descriptions go on for pages
2 ) the characters were boring
3 ) it was racist garbage (ex: reading Jane Eyre while black)
I don't know if I stumbled upon an obscure copy of this book or if I just read a different book from everyone else, but the entire time while I was reading this I was looking for other reviews that mentioned the casual racism in this book and I couldn't find any. It is so evident that in this novel everything that isn't 'white' or 'English' is antagonized, and all the black characters are treated and portrayed terribly.
I don't know if the author herself was racist, but Jane Eyre certainly had her biases, and I am not interested in reading about characters that frolic about in high society while victimizing themselves and casting blame upon every single 'non-white' character in this novel, and casually describing 'non-white' characters as ugly, discolored, fearful, ghastly...etc.
This book can kindly go where the sun doesn't shine.
dark
emotional
mysterious
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
dark
emotional
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Fantastic book when you ignore that it’s supposed to be a romance.
mysterious
relaxing
slow-paced
★x4 | (A-) 91% | AGES 15+ | Me the entire book:
“Mr. Rochester...” ”Mr. Rochester-“ ”mR. RocHeSTer.” *a way too big of a gasp* ”MR. ROCHESTER.” ”oh. God.”
Anyways, Jane Eyre is probably one of the most inspirational female book characters out there. She is so freaking tough, eloquent and quick-witted and intelligent. I aspire to be even half of her greatness, compassion, stubbornness, and confidence. If you haven’t read this, you’re missing out.
I tend to conflate in my head the female writers of the past centuries, and since I don't really care for Austen or Eliot, I had been putting this off. In error, I now see, for where I find it impossible to empathise with any of the characters within the aforementioned, Brontë's actually feel like real people.