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جين آيير by Charlotte Brontë, منير البعلبكي, شارلوت برونتي
179 reviews
unabanuna's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.25
Can appreciate the writing is good etc but just didn't enjoy the book and felt it was a struggle to finish.
Minor: Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail
judassilver's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Graphic: Mental illness, Misogyny, Racism, Xenophobia, Cultural appropriation, and Classism
Moderate: Ableism, Child abuse, Confinement, Religious bigotry, and Gaslighting
Minor: Body shaming, Child death, Suicide, Antisemitism, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, and Colonisation
bashsbooks's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
That said, I liked Charlotte's Jane Eyre better than Anne's Agnes Grey. Jane is an endearing character, one who is far more flexible in her morality and ambiguous in her actions (though not too much so, I assume, to make her unsympathetic to contemporary readers, which is kind of a shame to me as a modern reader, but I digress). Mr. Rochester is a fucking piece of work, and I do hate him, but I totally understand why Jane wants to fuck him. I'm weirdly charmed by St. John Rivers as well, but he's also an asshole, and why are all these men trying to manipulate my girl Jane? On a somewhat related note, it's so funny that Jane's ugly appearance comes up CONSTANTLY. And that Jane's Aunt Mrs. Reed has beef with her. Like, she's ten.
I'm fascinated by Bertha Mason and the idea of a dude having a crazy wife he keeps in the attic, so I will be reading Wide Sargasso Sea. I also think Jane's life would've been better if she'd decided to be a lesbian spinster with the Rivers sisters.
Graphic: Ableism, Body shaming, Confinement, Death, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Toxic relationship, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, and Classism
Moderate: Child abuse, Child death, Racism, Xenophobia, Medical content, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, and Gaslighting
Minor: Racial slurs, Suicide, Alcohol, and Colonisation
-Ableism abound of both the mental and physical varieties -Missionary work portrayed as a good thingreadingwithkaitlyn's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.5
Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Mental illness, Misogyny, Racism, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Dementia, Grief, Religious bigotry, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Ableism, Body shaming, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Fire/Fire injury, and Classism
Minor: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Domestic abuse, Fatphobia, Incest, Infidelity, Racial slurs, Slavery, Suicide, Xenophobia, Death of parent, and Alcohol
timmytunter's review against another edition
- 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
4.25
Graphic: Ableism, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Racism, Toxic relationship, Forced institutionalization, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, and Classism
Moderate: Bullying, Domestic abuse, Suicide, and Grief
philosopher_kj's review against another edition
- 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
4.25
Graphic: Child abuse, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Grief, and Gaslighting
Moderate: Death, Suicide, and Fire/Fire injury
Minor: Death of parent
bibiran's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Gore, Religious bigotry, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Mental illness
Minor: Racial slurs
danajoy's review against another edition
- Strong character development? Yes
4.0
The atmosphere and writing style were both fantasic.
I might need to do some reading about why we as the reader were being addressed. But I did like her little asides.
Graphic: Confinement, Mental illness, Violence, and Fire/Fire injury
Moderate: Racial slurs and Blood
Minor: Death
michaelion's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.75
One thing I did kind of a little bit like was the many, many, many literature and bible references. Only because it made me realize what I think of now as brainrot has always existed. If they had phones they'd be obsessed with vine / tiktok / twitter / tumblr references. If all I had was books and gossip and the daily newspaper or whatever I'd be randomly making bible references too. We're not so different past humans and I, except I'm not racist. So actually we are different.
Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Infidelity, Mental illness, Racial slurs, Racism, Blood, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism
Moderate: Ableism, Chronic illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Suicide, Violence, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, and Murder
Minor: Domestic abuse, Rape, and Antisemitism
whoisrois's review against another edition
- 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
Graphic: Ableism, Bullying, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Forced institutionalization, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis
Moderate: Confinement and Racism