Reviews tagging 'Emotional abuse'

Mansfield Park by Jane Austen, Jane Stabler

22 reviews

madamenovelist's review against another edition

emotional reflective relaxing 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Emotional abuse, and Infidelity

Moderate: Ableism, Misogyny, Sexism, and Classism

Minor: Alcohol and Injury/Injury detail

leiaslizzy's review against another edition

dark sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

I actually quite liked this. The characters are all compelling, and the way social class undertones everything is so well done. Fanny is a brilliant character in that she is an observer of the others. She is astute and is far more aware of social rules than the others, especially Maria and Julia. To add to this, she is kind and loyal, despite the fact that the others may not always deserve this, especially not Sir Thomas or Edmund. But she is good, first and foremost, and that is what I love about her.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Incest and Classism

Moderate: Emotional abuse

Minor: Slavery

babudarabu's review against another edition

emotional hopeful 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Emotional abuse and Classism

Minor: Bullying, Child death, Infidelity, and Abandonment

mousecat's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Incest, and Toxic relationship

littlered1110's review against another edition

emotional 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death and Emotional abuse

sam_fielder_137's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny hopeful 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

I have a hard time saying anything against Jane Austen, but I feel I must. First however, I did really enjoy this. It made me laugh, cry, stress. I felt very connected to the main character (as much as I could feel connected to a girl of the early 19th century.) However, the ending came on so suddenly and so emotionless that I'm left feeling wholly unsatisfied. Austen inserts herself into the book within the last 25 pages as a present narrator and it completely threw me off guard. There were no declarations of love, nor long speeches, merely a presentation of facts, and I completely resent that especially after such a moving first 90%.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Incest, Infidelity, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, and Classism

heresyourletter's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny reflective medium-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? It's complicated

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, and Classism

Moderate: Infidelity, Sexism, Religious bigotry, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Sexual harassment, and Colonisation

Minor: Alcoholism, Child death, Cursing, and Slavery

The main character comes from a lower-class background and after being sent to live with her rich aunt and uncle, is denigrated for her manners. As an adult, she in turn looks down on the manners of her parents when she returns home to visit them. One of the main characters owns a plantation in Antigua. It is implied that he is a slave owner. The slave trade is also briefly mentioned. One minor character is an alcoholic who curses mildly throughout his chapters and is said to make crude jokes at his daughter’s expense. The main character is romantically pursued by a man to whom she repeatedly tells that she’s not interested and is constantly pressured by her family to marry. Brief mention of the death of the main character’s sister, who was a child at the time.

Main character is a Cinderella-type figure who is mistreated throughout the book. Lots of conservative Christian morality throughout, but tempered slightly by your typical Austen satiric wit.

bessadams's review against another edition

emotional funny lighthearted reflective relaxing 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Incest, Toxic relationship, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Infidelity, Slavery, Colonisation, and Classism

Minor: Child death

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, Incest, Infidelity, Sexism, and Classism

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

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