Reviews tagging 'Xenophobia'

Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys

6 reviews

david_slack110507's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad slow-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Grief, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Colonisation, and Classism

Moderate: Ableism, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Bullying, Chronic illness, Cursing, Infidelity, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Hate crime, Incest, Xenophobia, Vomit, Medical content, Religious bigotry, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Cultural appropriation

edwardian_girl_next_door's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

3.0

I think I would have appreciated this book more if I was either from the Caribbean and/or had more knowledge of its deep and complex history. But even if it went over my head, I have no doubt Rhys wove real historical events and moods into the Jane Eyre story with commendable skill.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Mental illness, Racial slurs, Racism, Slavery, Toxic relationship, Xenophobia, Alcohol, Colonisation, and Classism

Moderate: Animal death, Infidelity, Physical abuse, and Violence

Minor: Gaslighting

c_dmckinney's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

3.5

This book is a prequel to Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte. It is an exploration and fleshing out of Rochester's first wife before he changed her name and condemned her to the attic for "madness". 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Confinement, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Xenophobia, Grief, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Colonisation, and Classism

edesia_guest's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

It gives Antoinette, or bertha in jane eyre, a story. it gives information on the ignored character and does it in a beautiful and melancholic way. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Deadnaming, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Violence, Xenophobia, Abandonment, and Colonisation

aditik's review against another edition

emotional reflective medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Racism, and Xenophobia

Moderate: Emotional abuse

ok7a's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Xenophobia, Death of parent, and Colonisation

Moderate: Racial slurs and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Racism and Slavery