Reviews tagging 'Infidelity'

Mansfield Park: An Annotated Edition by Jane Austen

21 reviews

anjasshelf's review against another edition

emotional lighthearted reflective slow-paced

• 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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Classism, Infidelity, Incest, and Sexism

Moderate: Death, Slavery, Child death, Colonisation, Medical content, Misogyny, Toxic friendship, and Toxic relationship

findleydunn's review against another edition

slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

2.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse

Moderate: Incest and Infidelity

Minor: Toxic relationship and Toxic friendship

_maia3_'s review against another edition

dark lighthearted reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

This is my least favourite of Austen's books and I'm only giving it such a high score because I think it's genuinely very interesting to have an Austen book where almost everyone sucks. I find Fanny a rather insipid heroine, and whilst I understand that she is very much a victim of abuse, I don't find her explored to a satisfactory level. The hero, Edmund, is Austen's most unlikeable hero by far. The villians are the most entertaining part of the book, as they (in particular Mary Crawford) give voice to interesting contemporary opinions surrounding religion especially. Even if this was not likely Austen's weird little religious moment as some scholars have said, it really does come off that way sometimes. 
Please don't skip out on this book however- it is worth the read if you want more Austen, it was just a personal miss. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism, Infidelity, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Child abuse and Emotional abuse

Minor: Slavery

cleotheo's review against another edition

emotional slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Incest, Classism, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Toxic friendship, and Child abuse

Minor: Abandonment, Alcoholism, Alcohol, and Misogyny

calamityin's review against another edition

challenging slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism, Bullying, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Colonisation, Infidelity, and Incest

Minor: Confinement

fjordpingvin's review against another edition

challenging reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism and Classism

Moderate: Toxic friendship, Infidelity, Abandonment, Bullying, and Colonisation

Minor: Alcoholism, Child death, and Slavery

calliejacob's review against another edition

sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

1.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Classism, Racism, Toxic relationship, Abandonment, Chronic illness, Colonisation, Slavery, Toxic friendship, Ableism, Bullying, Emotional abuse, and Incest

Moderate: Infidelity, Misogyny, and Panic attacks/disorders

anjasshelf's review against another edition

emotional lighthearted reflective relaxing slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Incest and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Colonisation, Slavery, and Child abuse

Minor: Infidelity and Addiction

fabilous_books's review against another edition

funny hopeful reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

2.5

Took a long time to finish this book… 

The plot was slow at the start with the play and the slow paced development. Not much going on until the last 50 pages of the book. Definitely one of the more mature books by Jane Austen. Dealt with mature themes and it’s so weird to see how unfair society treated women.

Characters are meh, did not particularly care for any of them.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Infidelity

hanna's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective relaxing 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

4.75

fanny price supremacy

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism, Misogyny, Incest, and Infidelity

Moderate: Emotional abuse

Minor: War