diff --git a/storages/backends/s3.py b/storages/backends/s3.py
index ef915164..b6627e00 100644
--- a/storages/backends/s3.py
+++ b/storages/backends/s3.py
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import io
 import mimetypes
 import os
 import posixpath
@@ -123,7 +124,6 @@ def __init__(self, name, mode, storage, buffer_size=None):
         self._storage = storage
         self.name = name[len(self._storage.location) :].lstrip("/")
         self._mode = mode
-        self._force_mode = (lambda b: b) if "b" in mode else (lambda b: b.decode())
         self.obj = storage.bucket.Object(name)
         if "w" not in mode:
             # Force early RAII-style exception if object does not exist
@@ -184,6 +184,8 @@ def _get_file(self):
                 self._file.seek(0)
                 if self._storage.gzip and self.obj.content_encoding == "gzip":
                     self._file = self._decompress_file(mode=self._mode, file=self._file)
+                elif "b" not in self._mode:
+                    self._file = io.TextIOWrapper(self._file._file, encoding="utf-8")
             self._closed = False
         return self._file
 
@@ -195,12 +197,12 @@ def _set_file(self, value):
     def read(self, *args, **kwargs):
         if "r" not in self._mode:
             raise AttributeError("File was not opened in read mode.")
-        return self._force_mode(super().read(*args, **kwargs))
+        return super().read(*args, **kwargs)
 
     def readline(self, *args, **kwargs):
         if "r" not in self._mode:
             raise AttributeError("File was not opened in read mode.")
-        return self._force_mode(super().readline(*args, **kwargs))
+        return super().readline(*args, **kwargs)
 
     def readlines(self):
         return list(self)
diff --git a/tests/test_s3.py b/tests/test_s3.py
index 2d4e3e53..7e89fc63 100644
--- a/tests/test_s3.py
+++ b/tests/test_s3.py
@@ -305,25 +305,6 @@ def test_storage_open_read_string(self):
         self.assertEqual(content_str, "")
         file.close()
 
-    def test_storage_open_readlines(self):
-        """
-        Test readlines with file opened in "r" and "rb" modes
-        """
-        name = "test_open_readlines_string.txt"
-        with io.BytesIO() as temp_file:
-            temp_file.write(b"line1\nline2")
-            file = self.storage.open(name, "r")
-            file._file = temp_file
-
-            content_lines = file.readlines()
-            self.assertEqual(content_lines, ["line1\n", "line2"])
-
-            temp_file.seek(0)
-            file = self.storage.open(name, "rb")
-            file._file = temp_file
-            content_lines = file.readlines()
-            self.assertEqual(content_lines, [b"line1\n", b"line2"])
-
     def test_storage_open_write(self):
         """
         Test opening a file in write mode
@@ -1145,6 +1126,48 @@ def test_content_type_not_detectable(self):
             s3.S3Storage.default_content_type,
         )
 
+    def test_storage_open_read_with_newlines(self):
+        """
+        Test opening a file in "r" and "rb" mode with various newline characters
+        """
+        name = "test_storage_open_read_with_newlines.txt"
+        with io.BytesIO() as temp_file:
+            temp_file.write(b"line1\nline2\r\nmore\rtext\n")
+            self.storage.save(name, temp_file)
+            file = self.storage.open(name, "r")
+            content_str = file.read()
+            file.close()
+        self.assertEqual(content_str, "line1\nline2\nmore\ntext\n")
+
+        with io.BytesIO() as temp_file:
+            temp_file.write(b"line1\nline2\r\nmore\rtext\n")
+            self.storage.save(name, temp_file)
+            file = self.storage.open(name, "rb")
+            content_str = file.read()
+            file.close()
+        self.assertEqual(content_str, b"line1\nline2\r\nmore\rtext\n")
+
+    def test_storage_open_readlines_with_newlines(self):
+        """
+        Test readlines with file opened in "r" and "rb" mode with various newline chars
+        """
+        name = "test_storage_open_readlines_with_newlines.txt"
+        with io.BytesIO() as temp_file:
+            temp_file.write(b"line1\nline2\r\nmore\rtext")
+            self.storage.save(name, temp_file)
+            file = self.storage.open(name, "r")
+            content_lines = file.readlines()
+            file.close()
+        self.assertEqual(content_lines, ["line1\n", "line2\n", "more\n", "text"])
+
+        with io.BytesIO() as temp_file:
+            temp_file.write(b"line1\nline2\r\nmore\rtext")
+            self.storage.save(name, temp_file)
+            file = self.storage.open(name, "rb")
+            content_lines = file.readlines()
+            file.close()
+        self.assertEqual(content_lines, [b"line1\n", b"line2\r\n", b"more\r", b"text"])
+
 
 class TestBackwardsNames(TestCase):
     def test_importing(self):