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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
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
heatherdavies's review against another edition
dark
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
I have been intimidated by books from the 19th century as I was concerned I could not understand the lingo, the slang, etc. However at times wordy and using old slang Wuthering Heights is incredibly easy to read. It helped to have the glossary in the back especially for the cleverly written Northern dialect. The story is gripping and I love that it is told from Mrs Dean as we may never know her bias of those involved.
What I understood from the culture around this story was that it was one of love, and romance. Well I believe those who created movies, songs, etc of this novel's contents were incredibly amiss in doing so and therefore misrepresent this story in it's entirety.
If you are nervous about 19th century novels like I was, I urge you to give this one a shot as it is absolutely an incredible story that I wish I had given a chance to sooner.
What I understood from the culture around this story was that it was one of love, and romance. Well I believe those who created movies, songs, etc of this novel's contents were incredibly amiss in doing so and therefore misrepresent this story in it's entirety.
If you are nervous about 19th century novels like I was, I urge you to give this one a shot as it is absolutely an incredible story that I wish I had given a chance to sooner.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Abandonment, Animal cruelty, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Death of parent, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Grief, Incest, Mental illness, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, and Toxic friendship
therobinjoyce's review against another edition
challenging
dark
sad
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? N/A
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
0.25
"๐๐'๐จ ๐ฃ๐ค๐ฉ ๐ ๐๐ช๐ข๐๐ฃ ๐๐๐๐ฃ๐,' ๐จ๐๐ ๐ง๐๐ฉ๐ค๐ง๐ฉ๐๐; ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐จ ๐ฃ๐ค ๐๐ก๐๐๐ข ๐ค๐ฃ ๐ข๐ฎ ๐๐๐๐ง๐๐ฉ๐ฎ. ๐ ๐๐๐ซ๐ ๐๐๐ข ๐ข๐ฎ ๐๐๐๐ง๐ฉ, ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐ ๐ฉ๐ค๐ค๐ ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ฅ๐๐ฃ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ฉ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐๐๐๐ฉ๐; ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐ก๐ช๐ฃ๐ ๐๐ฉ ๐๐๐๐ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐ข๐. ๐๐๐ค๐ฅ๐ก๐ ๐๐๐๐ก ๐ฌ๐๐ฉ๐ ๐ฉ๐๐๐๐ง ๐๐๐๐ง๐ฉ๐จ, ๐๐ก๐ก๐๐ฃ: ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐จ๐๐ฃ๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐จ ๐๐๐จ๐ฉ๐ง๐ค๐ฎ๐๐ ๐ข๐๐ฃ๐, ๐ ๐๐๐ซ๐ ๐ฃ๐ค๐ฉ ๐ฅ๐ค๐ฌ๐๐ง ๐ฉ๐ค ๐๐๐๐ก ๐๐ค๐ง ๐๐๐ข: ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ ๐ฌ๐ค๐ช๐ก๐ ๐ฃ๐ค๐ฉ, ๐ฉ๐๐ค๐ช๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐ง๐ค๐๐ฃ๐๐ ๐๐ง๐ค๐ข ๐ฉ๐๐๐จ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐๐๐จ ๐๐ฎ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐๐ฎ, ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ฌ๐๐ฅ๐ฉ ๐ฉ๐๐๐ง๐จ ๐ค๐ ๐๐ก๐ค๐ค๐ ๐๐ค๐ง ๐พ๐๐ฉ๐๐๐ง๐๐ฃ๐!"
Wow, where to start. So this WASN'T the lovely gothic romance l was expecting and had been led to believe. Having slogged through this book for the last 6 days I feel as if I need to be contacting some kind of customer service department to after refund for the time I just wasted reading this book.
If I hadn't agreed to Buddy read this with another person I would probably have stopped reading after two or three chapters. The language is difficult, yes but considering the time period in which it was written you can understand why it is so difficult to read. That was the type of language that they use and that was the type of language used in novels and the written work so I can overcome that and look past it and after a while you do stop seeing the different language than what we used today but still the themes and plot of this whole novel in my honest opinion ridiculous and there is no way a book of this calibre would stand should it be released in the modern day.
The entire cast is full of selfish, evil, narcissistic assholes who show no respect to anybody else and with no self-respect at all for themselves. The whole novel is basically a combination of child abuse, over indulgence, emotional abuse, and unrestrained anger issues . None of this is healthy and that is amplified by the fact that almost every single character in this book ends up meeting and timely demise in one form or another.
I can understand why people call it a classic and, I suppose, if you enjoy reading about social classes and interactions between people of different classes and the way the world seemed to work back in those days, then you'd probably have a field trip with this book. But for any normal person, either going into this believing that is a romance or, looking for a nice classic book to read, I would recommend that you pick up something by one of the other Brontรซ sisters because Wuthering Heights is not enjoyable, not remotely intriguing, nor interesting, and has no other pull to it other than the fact that people have bigger it up for centuries.
That is the only reason this book is still around and still being talked about - because Emily is connected with Charlotte and Anne so the Brontรซ name stands out and holds her above the rest. And for the fact that this book has been around for centuries so people assume it is a classic and portrays a perfect picture of the world back then. I do not find this to be true and in all honesty, I would never recommend this book to anybody.
Wow, where to start. So this WASN'T the lovely gothic romance l was expecting and had been led to believe. Having slogged through this book for the last 6 days I feel as if I need to be contacting some kind of customer service department to after refund for the time I just wasted reading this book.
If I hadn't agreed to Buddy read this with another person I would probably have stopped reading after two or three chapters. The language is difficult, yes but considering the time period in which it was written you can understand why it is so difficult to read. That was the type of language that they use and that was the type of language used in novels and the written work so I can overcome that and look past it and after a while you do stop seeing the different language than what we used today but still the themes and plot of this whole novel in my honest opinion ridiculous and there is no way a book of this calibre would stand should it be released in the modern day.
The entire cast is full of selfish, evil, narcissistic assholes who show no respect to anybody else and with no self-respect at all for themselves. The whole novel is basically a combination of child abuse, over indulgence, emotional abuse, and unrestrained anger issues . None of this is healthy and that is amplified by the fact that almost every single character in this book ends up meeting and timely demise in one form or another.
I can understand why people call it a classic and, I suppose, if you enjoy reading about social classes and interactions between people of different classes and the way the world seemed to work back in those days, then you'd probably have a field trip with this book. But for any normal person, either going into this believing that is a romance or, looking for a nice classic book to read, I would recommend that you pick up something by one of the other Brontรซ sisters because Wuthering Heights is not enjoyable, not remotely intriguing, nor interesting, and has no other pull to it other than the fact that people have bigger it up for centuries.
That is the only reason this book is still around and still being talked about - because Emily is connected with Charlotte and Anne so the Brontรซ name stands out and holds her above the rest. And for the fact that this book has been around for centuries so people assume it is a classic and portrays a perfect picture of the world back then. I do not find this to be true and in all honesty, I would never recommend this book to anybody.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Abandonment, Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Bullying, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Infidelity, Kidnapping, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Self harm, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, and Violence
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