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Woeste Hoogten by Emily Brontë

235 reviews

akswhy's review against another edition

2.25

dark emotional tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Well-written, but the characters exhibit little growth and I despise 90% of them.

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maissbel's review against another edition

3.5

dark fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

This book was a good read because I like how it was built on Mrs. Dean story all along which made me want to read to rest to find out more what happened to the Earnshaw children and their descendants. That being said its contents are quite dark, it's hard to empathize with the characters, many of them have very violent behavior and honestly I don't think it's my type of book, I enjoy better light hearted material. The ending did give things somewhat of a better turn (hence the +.5 to the final rating). Happy to have read what this literary classic is about but will not re read.

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faithtrustpixiedust's review against another edition

2.0

challenging dark mysterious tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Honestly, I'm shocked at how much I actively disliked this from start to finish. It was slow, boring, confusing, and offensive throughout. I struggled to find the motivation to continue past the first 3 chapters, mostly because I don't care one whit for Mr. Lockwood and have never been given a reason to care, and then the rest of the book was confusing with too many characters and hardly any sense. Heathcliffe is a horrible person, just completely and utterly despicable, and honestly almost every character in this except for poor Catherine is a bad person. I don't like who she ended up with because he's also a bad person, and I don't care for anything this story had to say. The idea that Heathcliffe and the first Catherine are in heaven together or whatever is nonsense because bro is undoubtedly in hell.

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chrisljm's review against another edition

4.5

challenging dark reflective tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

It is no wonder that Wuthering Heights has such a steadfast position in classic literature, and I am left in awe and deep admiration of Emily Brontë’s literary prowess and genius. Parts of the introduction that previews the novel describes it as a “literary force of nature such as you’ve never encountered before” and it “remains almost blindingly original, undimmed in its power to convey the destructive potential of thwarted passion as expressed through the unappeasable fury of a rejected lover”, and even to this day I believe it to still be true.

Despite the novel being told through a mostly second-hand account from the housekeeper, the events of the story is still so luring and alive it makes one forget that these are matters of the past. But what I loved most is how Wuthering Heights has set in its legacy a study of race, class, and revenge, and the powerful effects they place in contact with childhood. This book is grim, bleak, “full of violent acts and even more violent feelings”, and the way suffering and trauma has spun into an angry, vengeful tale.

It is impossible not to feel a level of sympathy for Heathcliff and what his upbringing has lead him to become, but slowly as characters become increasingly tangled, such sympathy and sorrow becomes much more complex as we see how generational trauma and abuse takes on two families.

What further fascinated me was that even for someone who never had much interest in the Bible, it was so interesting seeing all the stories that influenced Brontë’s prose and the allusions to stories from the Bible and other works of literature.

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w0lfyfr3n's review against another edition

1.75

[Listened to the Librivox audiobook by Ruth Golding]

The constant tragic downward spiral of this story was hard to look away from. It gets points for keeping the reader on edge, and for its complex characters. I also liked the fictional glimpse into the effects of racism, classism and intergenerational trauma on different people.

But in the end, I found all the characters unforgivable, any pity you develop for them vanishes quickly (even for the more sensible characters like Nelly). They were all suffering and they made sure everyone suffered with them through emotional, verbal and physical abuse.

Both the Catherines were so annoying and I didn't understand what they'd done to inspire such devotion from the miserable men. Similarly the men had volatile tempers and would resort to various forms of mistreatment if provoked. Didn't find anything romantic to appreciate in this, except maybe Catherine Sr. being the only person who treats Heathcliff like a peer. All the cousin romances were weird.

Entertaining in the same way as trapping a bunch of Sims who hate each other in the same house. But otherwise I don't think I've identified anything memorable/enjoyable in this book.

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frank365's review against another edition

3.0

dark emotional reflective tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

La storia è carina, ma i personaggi sono tutti odiosi. Un buon libro tutto sommato.

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veronyqueso's review against another edition

4.0

dark emotional mysterious slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

I thought this book was a romance novel and boy, was I wrong. I’ve never had such conflicting feelings for a story but I… enjoy it? I like that there is no concrete answer to the plot, it can go so many ways and there are so many meanings.

I personally view Heathcliff as a villain and felt incredibly angry when he enacted his revenge!! Which is weird because I also liked his love for Catherine?

I still maintain that Joseph is my favorite character. But wow, the closing remarks are beautiful. So happy I read a classic with my bffs and this is a reminder to myself to stop reading shallow booktok books!

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