Reviews with content warning for Racial slurs - Wide Sargasso Sea

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Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys

57 reviews

rubybubbles's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious sad medium-paced

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

3.0

This was hard to read. The prose, style, punctuation were all off and chaotic. The idea is nice but I can't believe this is acclaimed the way it is.

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anindistinctaccountant's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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aleskahhh's review against another edition

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dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-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

5.0

A revolutionary re-imagined prequel to Jane Eyre.
I'll be honest, the start frightened me, I hated the middle... but the ending was the most satisfyingly thing I have ever read. I read this as an introduction to post-colonial lit but it was intense. It introduces you to a very troubled protagonist, makes you watch her suffer at the hands of a horrible husband and yet somehow she is still able to hold onto who she is.

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leanneymu's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

Very interesting re-imagining of Jane Eyre from the first Mrs Rochester's perspective, and one that holds up on its own too. Be warned, there are some period-relevant slurs in the novel, which, while shocking to modern sensibilities, feel appropriate to the way these characters would talk to one another.

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