Reviews tagging 'Child abuse'

Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë

183 reviews

timmytunter's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective 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? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

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

deluna's review against another edition

challenging dark 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, and Religious bigotry

annaonthepage's review against another edition

emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad slow-paced

• 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Racism, Sexism, Abandonment, and Classism

Moderate: Child abuse, Child death, and Death

Minor: Fire/Fire injury

philosopher_kj's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense medium-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

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

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny inspiring mysterious reflective relaxing sad medium-paced

• 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Gore, Religious bigotry, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Mental illness

Minor: Racial slurs

bunnivie's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful sad tense 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

i enjoyed this story

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Mental illness, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Death, Suicide, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Incest, Racism, and Death of parent

michaelion's review against another edition

challenging medium-paced

• 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

That was terrifying! She's so very obviously has daddy issues (parent issues in general), abandonment issues, everything issues! She meets her boss for two minutes and suddenly she's in love? He says to her he's old enough to be her dad and they still "fall in love"??? No one told me this was a horror story! A cautionary tale to all young women! She's not even 20!!! Every girl should have an adventure when they're 19 but don't be locked down to a man in his 40s!!!! R U N

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.

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Content Warnings

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

littlewishling's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious 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

One of my all time favourite novels. I just love every part of it and feel like each read I notice new details I missed during my last read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Child abuse, Child death, Death of parent, and Abandonment

ibadella's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective 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? Yes

4.5

my review of this book is colored by the stageplay performance of the jane eyre adaptation in advance of which i read the book being cancelled at the last moment. i am still bitter!!!
i liked the general vibe and message and arc of this book. jane was serving sad pitiful orphan with a big beautiful brain
hated

mr. rochester and wanted to kill him with hammers. but i respect jane’s choice and that she did not compromise on ~liberation~ .

also some lovely classic british novel things like uhhh racism and antiziganism and horrible british people

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse

Moderate: Child abuse

Minor: Racism and Xenophobia

dreamofbookspines's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Diverse cast of characters? No

4.0

I'm kind of shocked I'd never read this (at least as far as I remember), but am glad I finally did. Everybody who messed with my girl Jane Eyre can suck it; she's a queen. I love how sassy she is, and can appreciate how shocking the character must've been at the time it was written. I agree with other reviews I've read that said this is not a romance. Rather, it's not "just" a romance; it's a Gothic novel set in the moors of rural England. Gorgeous and atmospheric.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse and Gaslighting

Minor: Death of parent