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Woeste Hoogten by Emily Brontë

234 reviews

dark emotional sad tense slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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dark mysterious sad tense slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Took me long enough but worth it. Intense, breathtaking writing!

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dark emotional sad slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Classic toxic love story when you need a bit of angst and lot of depression. 

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adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

This is not a love story, if you are looking for one steer clear of this book.

This is the tale of an all-out, self-consuming revenge and how violence begets violence. One could coldly read it as a cautionary tale and be satisfied, but the story, particularly on the first half of the book, finds a way to lure you in and keep you asking for more. 

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adventurous challenging dark mysterious reflective sad 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

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challenging dark slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

I can’t fully comprehend how Emily Brontë was just so ahead of her time — writing not only about the cycle of abuse and how it’s perpetrator did it all as a cruel act of revenge, but to also write it in such a strange format where it is told twice and thrice removed is so uniquely artistic.

This was a 317 page read for me, but it felt triple that with how dense of a prose it has. The characters are multi faceted and extremely complex all the while being utterly unlikeable — but I couldn’t help but love them all. A thunderous chain of events that ends once Heathcliff meets his end, it makes me wonder how much knowledge Brontë had of the complexities of mental illness and the human psyche. While I am very exhausted now after reading this, I definitely don’t regret it. I can’t exactly form words about how I feel about Wuthering Heights, only that I have this great appreciation for it. 

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challenging dark tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

heathcliff is a dick lmao cathy is a VICTIM whatever happened to emily in her life i just want to give her a hug bc damn she went there wow

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