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acogna's review against another edition
4.5
Graphic: Racial slurs
abeautifulshelf's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Racial slurs, Racism, and Slavery
Minor: Sexual content
Read after Jane Eyrechanatova'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
metchap'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
4.0
Moderate: Racial slurs
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
zinn24's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
Moderate: Child death, Racial slurs, Racism, and Toxic relationship
Minor: Animal death
bethhaywood's review against another edition
Graphic: Racial slurs
minidumpster's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
Graphic: Racial slurs and Racism
Moderate: Emotional abuse and Alcohol
Minor: Slavery
david_slack110507's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.25
Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Grief, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Colonisation, and Classism
Moderate: Ableism, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Bullying, Chronic illness, Cursing, Infidelity, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Hate crime, Incest, Xenophobia, Vomit, Medical content, Religious bigotry, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Cultural appropriation
jose_kg'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? It's complicated
2.5
The whole book felt very dream like and it was hard to keep up with what was happening when, what was true and what was madness. I appreciate this is probably the point, a fair amount of the book is from Antoinette's perspective and you have to question what is real, but I actually found Mr Rochester's part more the more confusing of the two perspectives.
My main take aways from this book are 1) that I came to really hate Mr Rochester for being such an awful person who was so easily swayed by gossip and racism, to the point I had to disconnect him from Jane's love because there is no way she could love such an awful man. 2) it is really hard as a modern reader to read anything from the perspective of a white ex-slave owner, even when a more modern writer is trying to show how awful those attitudes were. It makes it hard to love a character who uses the N word and believes that black people are fundamentally lesser to white people, even when this is historically appropriate for a person with this background in this time period.
Overall it is an interesting book, but I enjoyed Part 1 much better than the rest.
Graphic: Mental illness
Moderate: Racial slurs and Racism