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Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë

38 reviews

madzie's review against another edition

challenging 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism, Toxic relationship, Classism, Misogyny, Child abuse, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Death, Infidelity, Suicide, and Child death

Minor: Fire/Fire injury, Racial slurs, Grief, Racism, Incest, and Death of parent

bearystarry's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad slow-paced

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

3.75

Despite the … views of the time, I guess, and the fact that between the entire cast of characters there were about three redeeming qualities, I enjoyed listening to this book. The first two thirds were the most interesting and the last third sort of lagged for me but in general I guess I was just interested in the way Jane told her story.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Religious bigotry, Child abuse, Body shaming, Ableism, Classism, Toxic relationship, Suicide, Sexism, Injury/Injury detail, Emotional abuse, Death, Abandonment, Racism, Mental illness, Infidelity, Forced institutionalization, Confinement, and Colonisation

Moderate: Alcoholism, Alcohol, Incest, and Terminal illness

sgferguson's review against another edition

reflective slow-paced

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

2.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexism, Mental illness, Racism, Racial slurs, Misogyny, Colonisation, Ableism, Classism, Fire/Fire injury, and Child abuse

cait's review against another edition

dark reflective sad 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? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Abandonment, Ableism, Bullying, Child abuse, Alcohol, Chronic illness, Classism, Colonisation, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Addiction, Child death, Forced institutionalization, Infidelity, Religious bigotry, Sexism, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Grief, Misogyny, and Racial slurs

town_scar's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Infidelity, Racial slurs, Death of parent, Forced institutionalization, Incest, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Child abuse, Toxic relationship, Terminal illness, Abandonment, Body horror, Bullying, Colonisation, Classism, Ableism, Cultural appropriation, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Medical content, Mental illness, Suicide, Sexism, Sexual harassment, Religious bigotry, Racism, and Misogyny

zealforneil's review against another edition

emotional funny mysterious reflective sad 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

Jane Eyre is a vast autobiographical-fiction tale, of a journey of love, self-doubt and growing. I have now read in the last few months Rebecca, widely acknowledged to be inspired by Jane Eyre; Jamaica Inn, and now Jane Eyre. As a triptych they span in setting over a century and are placed in opposite ends of England. But as a collection of stories about women, by women, they have been fascinating to consume, analyse and compare. Jane Eyre is not as psychological as Rebecca or swashbuckling as Jamaica Inn and places much more emphasis on Christian messaging. But its gentle titular protagonist is the most absorbing, her narrative style the most evocative of her experiences. I can clearly see how this has become a classic, a key part of the evolution of English-language fiction.

This is the second story I have listened to through BBC Sounds, and the first ‘feature-length’ novel. The narrator of this book, Katherine Press, is superb, with fantastic enunciation of each character’s mannerisms. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Confinement and Sexism

Minor: Incest

asililydying's review against another edition

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Xenophobia, Suicide, Slavery, Racism, and Sexism

kelisabeth's review against another edition

emotional funny mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Child abuse, Child death, Cultural appropriation, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Physical abuse, Suicide attempt, Blood, Classism, Chronic illness, Confinement, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Ableism, Religious bigotry, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Violence, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Incest, Medical content, Mental illness, Misogyny, Racism, Self harm, and Sexism

mallory10100's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional lighthearted mysterious reflective sad tense medium-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? No

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Mental illness, Misogyny, Slavery, Toxic friendship, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Bullying, Grief, Sexism, Toxic relationship, and Infidelity

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.