Reviews tagging 'Fire/Fire injury'

Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë

66 reviews

lauramcc7's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense slow-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Violence, and Suicide

strawberrytheauthor's review against another edition

dark hopeful 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? No

4.0

This is a very slow paced book. The middle takes FOREVER to get through, but the beginning is strong and the end is so good! It is a darker book not a fluffy romance like Jane Austen. It is a dark romance but not the kind like nowadays where people get kidnapped and such. Overall, It was good and I get why it is a classic. 

Quotes:

“Children can feel, but they cannot analyze their feelings.”

“I was not heroic enough to purchase liberty at the price of caste.”

“There is no happiness like that of being loved by your fellow creatures.”

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Death, Grief, Abandonment, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Forced institutionalization, Injury/injury detail, and Mental illness

Moderate: Classism and Incest

pricelesswine's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious 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? It's complicated

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury and Child abuse

Moderate: Mental illness

Minor: Colonisation

gracelu_lit's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective 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

4.75

Slow start but worth plowing through for a most excellent story. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Fire/Fire injury, and Mental illness

Minor: Death of parent

recycled_personalities's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad medium-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? No

3.25

Ok sooo it’s a wonderfully written book and the author is definitely talented. However, the story itself didn’t end up being my cup of tea. Rooting for the main character was super easy but her ending was not the one I was hoping for. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Grief, Incest, Toxic relationship, Kidnapping, Pedophilia, Classism, Death, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Physical abuse, Sexism, Emotional abuse, Abandonment, Bullying, Child abuse, Medical content, Medical trauma, Misogyny, Fire/Fire injury, and Mental illness

Spoiler

Basically Jane gets in a relationship, and engaged to be wed, with a man that’s 20+ years older than her when she is 18, leaves him for like 10 months after having found out that he had another wife literally locked in his attic, and then at the end of the book she comes back to him when she’s 19. And the ending portrays it as a happily ever after. Yeah, not my vibe.

lindseyhall44's review against another edition

dark 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

5.0

“To speak truth, I had not the least wish to go into company, for in company I was rarely noticed.“
Jane Eyre remains one of my favorite classics I have read this year, and ever. I look forward to returning to this masterpiece time and time again.
Jane Eyre follows orphan Jane as she navigates the cruel home of her aunt, desolate boarding school of Lowood, consuming gothic mansion of  Thornfeild and its resident, and ultimately life in pursuit of moral/financial independence.
Jane is by far the most strong willed character I have ever encounter in literature. Her will for the good in life despite the horrors which she was subjected to growing up is truly remarkable. That being said, the journey through Jane’s adolescence through adulthood is tedious, and fans of fast paced novels might struggle with the length. However, Brontë is a master class in character development, and I love seeing the depth and complex nature of our protagonist.
For fans of beautiful writing, atmospheric setting, and an engaging plot, I would highly recommend Jane Eyre.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism, Bullying, Terminal illness, Abandonment, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Confinement, Child death, Infidelity, and Toxic relationship

harrisoncassel's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury

baearles's review against another edition

emotional inspiring mysterious sad medium-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Injury/injury detail, Fire/Fire injury, and Grief

Moderate: Blood, Suicide, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Mental illness

Minor: Death of parent

gladduck's review against another edition

challenging dark inspiring reflective 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

4.5

Great book, I really related to Jane. A lot of her thoughts were exact ones I had before which made the book very fun to read. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Confinement, Mental illness, Forced institutionalization, and Ableism

Minor: Classism, Religious bigotry, Colonisation, Child death, Suicide, and Fire/Fire injury

sarabookshelf's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious

3.5

It was an interesting book and I certainly see the appeal, especially for the time it was written. It took me a while to finish it, as a non-native English speaker and because of some subject matter in the beginning, but overall I can understand why this is considered a classic. Before I read it, I saw someone decribe it as "the greatest love story", but I definitely didn't see it that way. In my opinion it is definitely not a romantic story, more of a coming-of-age story with some romance, suspense and supernatural aspects, where the majority of the characters are very flawed. I know that some may consider

Spoiler

Mr Rocherster horrible

, but in my opinion, 

Spoiler

St John

becomes a more infuriating character in the end. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Confinement, and Child abuse

Moderate: Suicide, Death, and Fire/Fire injury