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ibgaines's review against another edition
dark
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? Yes
3.0
A story about miserable horrible people having miserable horrible lives. Not really my cup of tea.
I went into this blind, only knowing the Kate Bush song, and I felt the book started off more interesting just because I didn't know what the characters were going to do next. At the end I sped up my reading just to finish it quicker. I knew so-and-so was going to die so I sat through the chapters wishing they'd hurry up and get on with it.
I didn't enjoy the narrative structure, being narrated by a second person, many years after the events had happened made it feel as if the book lacks plot. Lockwood does nothing but catch a cold and listen to a story. Good for him but not so much for me.
I went into this blind, only knowing the Kate Bush song, and I felt the book started off more interesting just because I didn't know what the characters were going to do next. At the end I sped up my reading just to finish it quicker. I knew so-and-so was going to die so I sat through the chapters wishing they'd hurry up and get on with it.
I didn't enjoy the narrative structure, being narrated by a second person, many years after the events had happened made it feel as if the book lacks plot. Lockwood does nothing but catch a cold and listen to a story. Good for him but not so much for me.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Death
laura_03's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
medium-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
4.0
esmix's review against another edition
dark
emotional
sad
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
toujourssabine's review against another edition
dark
mysterious
sad
tense
slow-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
4.0
lucyrose04's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
reflective
sad
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
gwit's review against another edition
5.0
Proof that you can love a book while disliking all the characters.
kelseythestrange's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
tense
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? It's complicated
5.0
tess__v's review against another edition
dark
mysterious
reflective
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
3.75
futurama1979's review against another edition
5.0
This book is a discussion on class, on race, on gender, on human nature, but most importantly, on love and how it can possess one, all framed in some of the most beautiful prose of the era.
A lot of people's biggest qualms with Wuthering Heights is that "all the people in it are horrible and they just do awful things to each other", and I just can't buy that. Yes, a lot of awful things are done. But each behavior is founded in something(societal pressure, abuse, etc.) that, to me at least, makes most of the characters' actions at least a bit sympathetic. Or maybe I'm just sappy and want to like everyone?
Anyway, if you want a compelling, strange ghost story of a love story, full of an entire cast of developed, fleshed out characters, look no further than here. Brontë dissects a handful of societal issues through the extremely unique lens of Cathy and Heathcliff's relationship and how it impacts both families on the moors for generations.
A lot of people's biggest qualms with Wuthering Heights is that "all the people in it are horrible and they just do awful things to each other", and I just can't buy that. Yes, a lot of awful things are done. But each behavior is founded in something(societal pressure, abuse, etc.) that, to me at least, makes most of the characters' actions at least a bit sympathetic. Or maybe I'm just sappy and want to like everyone?
Anyway, if you want a compelling, strange ghost story of a love story, full of an entire cast of developed, fleshed out characters, look no further than here. Brontë dissects a handful of societal issues through the extremely unique lens of Cathy and Heathcliff's relationship and how it impacts both families on the moors for generations.