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Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë

50 reviews

tokenkobold's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

What a wild ride

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Ableism, Alcoholism, Grief, Incest, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Racism and Terminal illness

Minor: Misogyny, Sexism, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

dani007k's review against another edition

dark funny informative lighthearted mysterious reflective tense medium-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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Grief, Incest, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, and Violence

Moderate: Confinement, Death, Death of parent, Mental illness, Misogyny, Racial slurs, and Racism

Minor: Infidelity and Kidnapping

gwas007's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny slow-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Violence, Toxic relationship, Terminal illness, Racial slurs, Physical abuse, Misogyny, Incest, Grief, Cursing, and Alcohol

courtneyfalling's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

This was my favorite book for a while in high school, and years later, it's still my favorite classic. It's so melodramatic (I've been jokingly calling it an original soap opera), with a lot of great quotes and open-ended angst. I also feel like it brings up issues of race, gender, childhood, literacy, and property ownership with surprising insight for its time period (though those moments can be jarring on their own). 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Xenophobia, Violence, Toxic relationship, Terminal illness, Confinement, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Grief, Incest, Racial slurs, Racism, and Suicide

Moderate: Blood and Adult/minor relationship

sarah984's review against another edition

dark emotional 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

Watching a bunch of fading landed gentry behaving badly has a kind of vicious Real Housewives feel to it which could be fun at times. These people could not bear to let anyone else be happy and were constantly cutting off their noses to spite their faces.

However, it's kind of blunted a bit by the distance the literary device used to tell gives it (some parts are like Lockwood relating a letter written by Cathy as narrated to him by Ellen) and the ending sort of runs out of steam.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship

Moderate: Ableism, Animal cruelty, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Grief, Medical content, Misogyny, Racial slurs, and Terminal illness

Minor: Incest

nerdkitten's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful sad medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Grief, Incest, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Toxic relationship, and Animal cruelty

Moderate: Mental illness, Religious bigotry, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Self harm

Minor: Blood, Chronic illness, Infidelity, Panic attacks/disorders, Pregnancy, Murder, and Rape

rini's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Bullying, Confinement, Death, Death of parent, and Grief

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Incest, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Racial slurs, Racism, and Suicidal thoughts

ok7a's review against another edition

dark tense 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Toxic relationship, Death, and Death of parent

Moderate: Racism

Minor: Animal cruelty, Racial slurs, and Confinement

sofipitch's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

5.0

None of the characters are likable but the book is so engrossing. It's like watching a train wreck. It's a great story about how cycles of abuse don't stop till someone decides to be better.

I read this book in high school and decided to reread after discovering Kate Bush's song. It is upsetting a lot of people consider it to be a great romance, the relationship is obviously unhealthy. 

Added incest as a content warning bc first cousins end up marrying in the end, unfortunately not uncommon for England in this time period.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Grief, Toxic relationship, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Confinement and Racial slurs

Minor: Incest

eareeves12's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

I picked this up again as a buddy read with friends, wanting to give it another chance after hating it in high school. Reading it again in my 30s is an entirely new experience, and I would now highly recommend it! First- this NOT a romance! More of a glimpse into a claustrophobic family plagued by generational trauma and resentment. I would say that it is helpful to have some knowledge of the author and her (tragically) short life and family history to put this story in some context. Also having knowledge of the racially charged language of the time used to describe Heathcliff as a biracial/POC lends an entirely new perspective to the story, that unfortunately was lacking in my initial read in school. 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Racial slurs, Animal cruelty, Child abuse, and Violence