Reviews tagging Colonisation

Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë

15 reviews

gladduck's review

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

catherinedsharp's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious reflective fast-paced

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

5.0

 DISCLAIMER -  I read this text as a set text for university meaning I did not pick this up for myself. It does not fit my usual reading selection so my review may be rather biased. 

This is the first ever classical novel that I have read that I truly adored. With a purely descriptive writing style, a relatively loveable heroine and a complex moral story, I really enjoyed Jane Eyre.

Bronte's writing is delightful and although long winded at times, beautiful, with lots of extended metaphors and references to the supernatural and fantastical. One other downside to the writing is that of the different languages that are sometimes used; this does add to the book however you may need a translator to understand completly what is being said in dialogue. This in itself is an easy solution to a small problem.

The story is interesting as we follow a girl throughout her childhood as she becomes an adult woman. This is one of the first novels to do this in its time, with less of a focus on marriage and courtship. Instead the focus is on Jane and her life and adventures.

I would highly recommend as a relatively accessible and interesting, classic!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Death, Racism, Blood, Suicide, Mental illness, Racial slurs, Classism, Colonisation, Confinement, and Fire/Fire injury

vcriveros's review

emotional hopeful 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? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Colonisation, Infidelity, Ableism, Forced institutionalization, Racism, and Mental illness

annapox'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? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.0

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Content Warnings

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

edesia_guest's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad slow-paced

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

4.0

I studied this for Uni and it is brilliant, the plot is heavy but amazing to analyse. But Bertha, or Antoinette, is ignored. To take Spivak’s criticism this book is an allegory of colonisation and it is sad that her story is ignored and erased under Jane and Rochester’s love. While we need to understand the time the author wrote in, this criticism still remains when modern readers view this. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Colonisation, Toxic relationship, Deadnaming, Racism, Sexism, Emotional abuse, Classism, Confinement, and Misogyny

Minor: Bullying, Body shaming, and Death of parent

uchuflowerzone's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad 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: Child abuse, Ableism, Confinement, Infidelity, Misogyny, Sexism, and Suicide

Moderate: Colonisation, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Injury/injury detail, Child death, Classism, Death, and Racism

Minor: Alcohol, Death of parent, Sexual harassment, and Xenophobia

888777222's review

medium-paced

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

2.25

I went into Jane Eyre with surface level information about it and I was so confused about what was so appealing about Mr. Rochester.

Spoiler

I think Jane is dumb for going back to him when he basically told her that he was going to ‘chain her up’ with jewellery. He is by far the most unlikable character I’ve ever come across in a book

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism

Moderate: Colonisation, Confinement, Ableism, Classism, and Abandonment

knottmad's review

dark mysterious slow-paced

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

2.0

This book is very well written, but the themes and the moral of the story is so awful. It's better to just Google best quotes from this book than read it.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Ableism, Injury/injury detail, Gaslighting, Child abuse, Colonisation, Confinement, Classism, Sexism, Racism, Death, Stalking, Fire/Fire injury, Emotional abuse, and Domestic abuse

memorable's review against another edition

emotional mysterious reflective tense slow-paced

• 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism, Misogyny, Ableism, Classism, Racism, Religious bigotry, and Colonisation

Minor: Confinement

rebeccaxpaige's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark hopeful 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism, Gaslighting, Bullying, Racial slurs, Misogyny, Domestic abuse, Abandonment, Racism, and Ableism

Moderate: Blood, Classism, Violence, Colonisation, Death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Grief, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Suicide, and Toxic relationship