betterthanyou's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? N/A
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
Graphic: Toxic relationship, Child abuse, Pedophilia, Blood, Religious bigotry, and Racism
Moderate: Suicide, Death, and Child death
Minor: Fire/Fire injury
annapox's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.0
Moderate: Mental illness, Racism, Toxic relationship, Suicide, Toxic friendship, Child death, Classism, Confinement, Fire/Fire injury, Infidelity, Ableism, Child abuse, and Injury/injury detail
Minor: Alcohol, Suicidal thoughts, Antisemitism, Racial slurs, Colonisation, Death, Religious bigotry, Sexism, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Gore, Grief, and Medical content
mycatcricket17's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
5.0
Moderate: Child abuse, Death, Sexism, Religious bigotry, Mental illness, and Emotional abuse
julia_rose's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
Graphic: Fire/Fire injury and Forced institutionalization
Moderate: Grief, Mental illness, Abandonment, Violence, Suicide, Misogyny, and Injury/injury detail
Minor: Cannibalism, Sexism, and Religious bigotry
elenavillan's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Child abuse, Chronic illness, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Child death, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, and Racism
Moderate: Suicide, Gaslighting, Death of parent, Religious bigotry, and Suicide attempt
Minor: Alcoholism
laurajeangrace's review against another edition
- 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
Moderate: Child death, Suicide, Sexism, and Confinement
Minor: Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Religious bigotry, Death, Racism, and Death of parent
memorable's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Graphic: Sexism, Misogyny, Ableism, Classism, Racism, Religious bigotry, and Colonisation
Minor: Confinement
veganecurrywurst's review against another edition
- 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
Jane Eyre truly revolutionized fiction and paved the way for modern day literature. Most books were not written in first person perspective, but Charlotte Brontë used it to create a sense of intemacy.
Jane Eyre tells the story of a female protagonist looking for agency and meaning.
“Do you think, because I am poor, obscure, plain and little, I am soulless and heartless? You think wrong! - I have as much soul as you, - and full as much heart! And if God had gifted me with some beauty and much wealth, I should have made it as hard for you to leave me, as it is now for me to leave you!”
Jane Eyre is active and fights back and stands by her values.
“I can live alone, if self-respect, and circumstances require me so to do. I need not sell my soul to buy bliss. I have an inward treasure born with me, which can keep me alive if all extraneous delights should be withheld, or offered only at a price I cannot afford to give.”
And although I am not a big fan of Rochester (
Spoiler
I feel terrible for his 1. Wife“Every atom of your flesh is as dear to me as my own: in pain and sickness it would still be dear.”
It's just so beautifully written.
“If all the world hated you and believed you wicked, while your own conscience approved of you and absolved you from guilt, you would not be without friends.”
Graphic: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Religious bigotry, and Toxic relationship
Moderate: Child death, Colonisation, Confinement, Death, Death of parent, and Infidelity
Minor: Fire/Fire injury and Suicide
mondovertigo's review
- 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
Graphic: Child abuse, Abandonment, Toxic relationship, and Mental illness
Moderate: Bullying, Child death, Confinement, Death of parent, Death, Injury/injury detail, Misogyny, Suicide, and Terminal illness
Minor: Fire/Fire injury, Religious bigotry, Grief, and Body shaming
mme_carton's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/injury detail, Mental illness, Religious bigotry, Suicidal thoughts, and Toxic relationship
Moderate: Antisemitism, Body shaming, Bullying, Death of parent, Grief, Sexism, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Misogyny, Ableism, and Racism