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chanatova's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Ableism, Bullying, Confinement, Death, Mental illness, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Grief, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, and Colonisation
Moderate: Child death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Sexual assault, Slavery, Suicide, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Sexual harassment
alinarburwitz's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Graphic: Domestic abuse, Racial slurs, and Racism
Moderate: Slavery
Minor: Sexual assault
tinyjude's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
3.75
In some senses, it does a great job at giving depth both to Bertha's character and background, and Mr. Rochester's feelings about her (which I did not expect to find here), as well as the racial complexities in Jamaica after the end of "legal slave ownership" (we know it was still being enacted nonetheless), colourism, women's autonomy and the treatment of (women's) madness and how these poor women are driven into these unstable mental states by their environments, and mostly their husbands.
But it was also confusing in a lot of instances and felt short when depicting more the nuance of the black characters' feelings towards their previous slave owners. I wish we had focused more on them in general, than the white Creole perspective, but I understand Rhys' background and how that shaped this re-imagining of Bertha's story. Still, I think it should be an essential read after Jane Eyre because it adds more depth to her character and a more complex post-colonial context than the original book did.
Graphic: Animal death, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Misogyny, Forced institutionalization, Fire/Fire injury, and Colonisation
Moderate: Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Slavery, Trafficking, and Classism
bisexualwentworth's review against another edition
Graphic: Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Toxic relationship, Fire/Fire injury, and Gaslighting
thatjds's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.25
Moderate: Domestic abuse
Minor: Fire/Fire injury
laurenbb23's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Alcoholism, Bullying, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Incest, Mental illness, Misogyny, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Grief, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Colonisation, and Classism
ruffian23's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Moderate: Animal death, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Racial slurs, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Fire/Fire injury, and Gaslighting
c_dmckinney's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Graphic: Chronic illness, Confinement, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Xenophobia, Grief, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Colonisation, and Classism
asmallgremlin's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Moderate: Domestic abuse, Mental illness, Racial slurs, Racism, Slavery, Toxic relationship, and Colonisation
edesia_guest's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Confinement, Deadnaming, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Violence, Xenophobia, Abandonment, and Colonisation