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Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë

214 reviews

bookwomble's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Domestic abuse

jem_carstairs's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective 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

4.0

Most of the characters are entirely unlikeable. The only three I liked were Nelly, Edgar (toward the end) and Catherine (young one).

At times this made it a little bit tricky to care about the plot. But overall I still loved reading Wuthering Heights, even if it was a little slow toward the middle

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Domestic abuse, Toxic relationship, and Death

Moderate: Kidnapping, Violence, Misogyny, and Sexism

Minor: Racism

stutee's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Domestic abuse, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Physical abuse, and Racism

tammykuffo's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

Everyone is miserable 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, Terminal illness, Suicidal thoughts, Physical abuse, Misogyny, Kidnapping, Gaslighting, Emotional abuse, Domestic abuse, Dementia, Death, Classism, Suicide attempt, Sexism, Racism, Mental illness, Incest, Grief, Bullying, Abandonment, Xenophobia, Violence, Racial slurs, Child death, Child abuse, and Alcoholism

amalielisabeth's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse

bones_jackson's review against another edition

challenging dark medium-paced

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

5.0

Eu achava que seria mais um livro de romancezinho de época e não dava nada pra ele, mas ele entregou tudo e até mais. Coisas que eu nunca pensavam que uma pessoa naquela época teria a ideia(ou coragem) de escrever sobre. Muitas coisas doidas acontecem e tu se surpreende a  cada nova página. A capacidade deles de serem loucos é incrível 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Animal cruelty, Physical abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, and Toxic relationship

theimposter's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• 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: Murder, Racial slurs, Violence, Chronic illness, Grief, Terminal illness, Bullying, Kidnapping, Suicidal thoughts, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Mental illness, Classism, Emotional abuse, Religious bigotry, Animal death, Animal cruelty, Child abuse, Incest, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Toxic relationship

contrapasso's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny reflective sad tense medium-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, Incest, Racial slurs, Violence, Abandonment, Suicide, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Death of parent, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Ableism, Animal death, Child abuse, Classism, and Racism

accidentallyinlovefromshrek2's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

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

4.0

I read this for my ISU for my English class, but I don't regret the choice despite the grueling task of finally getting back into reading.

Brontë's narration choices through Lockwood and Nelly (while annoying, as they are both unreliable and biased) was enjoyable and telling of her talent in writing.

The characters were compelling, three-dimensional, complex, and extremely flawed, which was all very refreshing. Brontë didn't fear outward societal commentary on race, class, and gender; nor did she fear creating characters that were unlikable or at least heavily flawed. Her characters were REAL.

Volume II was a struggle to get through, as I finished most of it in an exhausted (and, sometimes bored) daze at two in the morning, as I hurriedly finished it by the deadline for class. There was simultaneously too much information and too much time spent dwelling on this information for me to want to put effort into reading most of the second half.

Overall, I will revisit Wuthering Heights to re-read it, as I enjoyed it heavily. As soon as I recover from the onslaught of emotional damage it has run me through. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, and Grief

Moderate: Child death, Death, Death of parent, and Racism

Minor: Racial slurs, Violence, and Religious bigotry

barnaclethereal's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

3.25

I like to write bits of my reviews while I’m reading, just so I can better remember how I felt and reacted as I was reading. I think that approach was detrimental to my take on Wuthering Heights. I’ve included a bit of those original thoughts to contrast my final thoughts.

I don’t get it. Maybe I’m the wrong audience, but Heathcliff and Catherine feel so immature. Is this a well written book about detestable characters? Heathcliff reminds me of a toxic/abusive partner and Catherine feels obnoxiously melodramatic. But as bad as those two are Linton really puts them to shame. He is easily one of my least favorite character’s I have ever read. As I was reading I wrote, ‘I’d only like him less if he were a traitor.’ Then he was!

I was really struggling with this book and then around when Heathcliff laid out his plan to Nelly something felt different. I started liking the book more and couldn’t stop reading it. I was on a walk and started wondering about it as a meditation on revenge. I thought possibly that ‘treachery and violence are spears pointed at both ends: they wound those who resort to them, worse than their enemies.’ was a thesis for Heathcliff’s life. I wondered if I would dislike the Count of Monte Cristo now, maybe I just didn’t have a taste for revenge any longer. Quick aside, these two books came out between one and three years of each other, which is wild to me.. Then I thought more about the Count of Monte Cristo and how it is almost a glorification of revenge, granted I think it has been twenty years since I read it. This book is nothing like that. Wuthering Heights is almost the antithesis of the Count of Monte Cristo and its view of revenge. I still think Heathcliff’s view of love is blindingly childish, but I like the book more than I thought I would when I was at the halfway point.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence and Domestic abuse