amaltheasinclair's review against another edition
3.0
Aus heutiger Sicht ist durchaus einiges problematisch, sodass mich die Liebesgeschichte nicht mitreißen konnte. Man muss es im Zeitkontext betrachten, dann ist auch die (verhältnismäßig) fortschrittliche Frauenfigur bemerkenswert.
cecilia_branco's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
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
4.0
beechito's review against another edition
5.0
Perfecto, en todos los sentidos. Me conecté fácilmente con Jane, y me encantó que fuera una protagonista con fuerza, fuego, determinación, un ejemplo de mujer, que siempre permaneció humana, humilde. Y el libro te lleva en un carrusel emocional, lo sentí todo, enojo, frustración, amor, tristeza, felicidad.
En fin, un libro muy completo, hermoso, preciosasmente redactado. Master piece!
En fin, un libro muy completo, hermoso, preciosasmente redactado. Master piece!
drowningfaithh's review against another edition
4.0
Review to follow when school reqs are not eating me up. Though I want to say this book was very entertaining! 4.5/5 stars.
katie_lockhart's review against another edition
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
5.0
sofie_kell's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
mysterious
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
atraumatizedwriter's review against another edition
funny
lighthearted
mysterious
relaxing
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? Yes
4.5
bldshake's review against another edition
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? It's complicated
3.75
filissss's review against another edition
emotional
inspiring
mysterious
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
4.75
jasminerosekoop's review against another edition
4.0
I haven’t read many classics in my time; they’ve never really appealed to me. All that moping about, the long sentences which seem to go on and on over pages, and the women being swept aside for the men who are seen as more exciting or worth acknowledgement. I will admit that I get angry with books when I find women being treated unfairly throughout a story. I can’t help it; no matter the setting, I will always find it repulsive.
Which is exactly why I didn’t think I would enjoy Jane Eyre. I did, in fact, become absorbed with this tale of a woman trying to burst out of the confines of the patriarchy to gain her position as an “independent”, as they call it. She’s witty, stands up for herself, and refuses to be treated as the Lesser simply because of her sex. She stands for so many things which we don’t see in other classics (albeit my library is lacking many of them). Jane refuses to think of herself as pretty, because, as she tells us: she’s not. Plain, small Jane is content to be what she is, with her ‘Quakerish’ clothing and her simple lifestyle. A lot of individuality was drilled out of her at boarding school, but upon leaving, she’s the same Jane she was as a child, albeit educated and ready to take her place in the world as a governess.
By no way is she ambitious, but she brings herself to respectable stations. It’s only when she starts to fall in love with the brooding Mr Rochester—who is as much like Jane as anyone could be—that the true drama begins to unfold. (I have to mention that the days of school dragged on slowly for a reader, there being little action to latch onto. Reaching Thornfield Manor brings all the drama you could want.) There’s rumour of a lunatic trapped in the attic. Rumour alone, unbeknownst to Jane who suspects an odd-laughing servant, until terrible things start happening. Mr Rochester almost burns alive in his own bed, and Jane is often roused in the night by the sounds of some phantom running about the halls, and directly above her in the upper levels.
This mystery kept me wrapped right until the very moment it was explained. I’ve never heard much of Jane Eyre or seen any of the films (well, I had once, but I was much younger and had no interest in a film that now feels leagues-different from the novel I’ve just finished), so I wasn’t sure what to expect.
Initially, I found the book unbearable to get through. The days of being at Gateshead, abused by her family, and then at Lowood, subjected to accusations by a pastor who cares not for the children in his care, are long. There are sad deaths, one of which made me cry, and there is an outbreak of typhus. These things being so far detached from the present made it almost difficult to understand the true horror of what was being portrayed.
There were also times where I struggled to place what kind of story this was. Only upon Brontë breaking the fourth-wall by having Jane address her audience—‘dear reader!’—did I begin to understand that this piece is in the format of an autobiography. This, of course, explains much of what we find of Jane. We see the best and worst sides of her in their entirety, unlike many of the other characters which come and go throughout this doorstop of a book. There are conversations that never take place as Jane fantasises, thinking back on her years of loneliness, and thoughts far too long to be recounted in a modern novel or any other kind of format popular in Brontë’s time.
Truly captivating, I was surprised to find enjoyment in this rigid world. Brontë has done an amazing thing in writing Jane. She truly proves that women can achieve their desires by demonstrating an unwavering determination, even back then.
Which is exactly why I didn’t think I would enjoy Jane Eyre. I did, in fact, become absorbed with this tale of a woman trying to burst out of the confines of the patriarchy to gain her position as an “independent”, as they call it. She’s witty, stands up for herself, and refuses to be treated as the Lesser simply because of her sex. She stands for so many things which we don’t see in other classics (albeit my library is lacking many of them). Jane refuses to think of herself as pretty, because, as she tells us: she’s not. Plain, small Jane is content to be what she is, with her ‘Quakerish’ clothing and her simple lifestyle. A lot of individuality was drilled out of her at boarding school, but upon leaving, she’s the same Jane she was as a child, albeit educated and ready to take her place in the world as a governess.
By no way is she ambitious, but she brings herself to respectable stations. It’s only when she starts to fall in love with the brooding Mr Rochester—who is as much like Jane as anyone could be—that the true drama begins to unfold. (I have to mention that the days of school dragged on slowly for a reader, there being little action to latch onto. Reaching Thornfield Manor brings all the drama you could want.) There’s rumour of a lunatic trapped in the attic. Rumour alone, unbeknownst to Jane who suspects an odd-laughing servant, until terrible things start happening. Mr Rochester almost burns alive in his own bed, and Jane is often roused in the night by the sounds of some phantom running about the halls, and directly above her in the upper levels.
This mystery kept me wrapped right until the very moment it was explained. I’ve never heard much of Jane Eyre or seen any of the films (well, I had once, but I was much younger and had no interest in a film that now feels leagues-different from the novel I’ve just finished), so I wasn’t sure what to expect.
Initially, I found the book unbearable to get through. The days of being at Gateshead, abused by her family, and then at Lowood, subjected to accusations by a pastor who cares not for the children in his care, are long. There are sad deaths, one of which made me cry, and there is an outbreak of typhus. These things being so far detached from the present made it almost difficult to understand the true horror of what was being portrayed.
There were also times where I struggled to place what kind of story this was. Only upon Brontë breaking the fourth-wall by having Jane address her audience—‘dear reader!’—did I begin to understand that this piece is in the format of an autobiography. This, of course, explains much of what we find of Jane. We see the best and worst sides of her in their entirety, unlike many of the other characters which come and go throughout this doorstop of a book. There are conversations that never take place as Jane fantasises, thinking back on her years of loneliness, and thoughts far too long to be recounted in a modern novel or any other kind of format popular in Brontë’s time.
Truly captivating, I was surprised to find enjoyment in this rigid world. Brontë has done an amazing thing in writing Jane. She truly proves that women can achieve their desires by demonstrating an unwavering determination, even back then.