Reviews with content warning for Suicidal thoughts - Wuthering Heights

"𝙃𝙚'𝙨 𝙣𝙤𝙩 𝙖 𝙝𝙪𝙢𝙖𝙣 𝙗𝙚𝙞𝙣𝙜,' 𝙨𝙝𝙚 𝙧𝙚𝙩𝙤𝙧𝙩𝙚𝙙; 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙝𝙚 𝙝𝙖𝙨 𝙣𝙤 𝙘𝙡𝙖𝙞𝙢 𝙤𝙣 𝙢𝙮 𝙘𝙝𝙖𝙧𝙞𝙩𝙮. 𝙄 𝙜𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙝𝙞𝙢 𝙢𝙮 𝙝𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙩, 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙝𝙚 𝙩𝙤𝙤𝙠 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙥𝙞𝙣𝙘𝙝𝙚𝙙 𝙞𝙩 𝙩𝙤 𝙙𝙚𝙖𝙩𝙝; 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙛𝙡𝙪𝙣𝙜 𝙞𝙩 𝙗𝙖𝙘𝙠 𝙩𝙤 𝙢𝙚. 𝙋𝙚𝙤𝙥𝙡𝙚 𝙛𝙚𝙚𝙡 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙞𝙧 𝙝𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙩𝙨, 𝙀𝙡𝙡𝙚𝙣: 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙨𝙞𝙣𝙘𝙚 𝙝𝙚 𝙝𝙖𝙨 𝙙𝙚𝙨𝙩𝙧𝙤𝙮𝙚𝙙 𝙢𝙞𝙣𝙚, 𝙄 𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙣𝙤𝙩 𝙥𝙤𝙬𝙚𝙧 𝙩𝙤 𝙛𝙚𝙚𝙡 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙝𝙞𝙢: 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙄 𝙬𝙤𝙪𝙡𝙙 𝙣𝙤𝙩, 𝙩𝙝𝙤𝙪𝙜𝙝 𝙝𝙚 𝙜𝙧𝙤𝙖𝙣𝙚𝙙 𝙛𝙧𝙤𝙢 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙩𝙤 𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙙𝙮𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙙𝙖𝙮, 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙬𝙚𝙥𝙩 𝙩𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙨 𝙤𝙛 𝙗𝙡𝙤𝙤𝙙 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝘾𝙖𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙞𝙣𝙚!"

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 Brontë 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 Brontë 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.

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rini's review against another edition

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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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yasmin_raev's review against another edition

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challenging dark mysterious 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

4.25

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harperhugodarling's review against another edition

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challenging dark tense slow-paced

Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

I needed about a month to process this book, and I watched video after video trying to understand why people like it. I think I might understand now, the unreliable narrator and the theme of the cycle of abuse, were what I was missing. It isn't a favourite, but I am glad I read it in the end.

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aseaoftomes's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

Ok so I have a complicated relationship with this book. Basically I wasn't a huge fan.

This is a Gothic Romance novel that takes place in the moors that follows a sort of star-crossed romance between Catherine and Heathcliffe.

I really liked the writing of this. It was really descriptive and gorgeous. Definitely one of my favorite parts of the book.

I also loved the setting. Misty, foggy, chilly moors? Please and thank you. I love Gothic novels for so many reason, but the setting is almost always one of my favorite things.

The plot was fine. Nothing spectacular. And it had some elements I really didn't like.

Finally, the characters. I didn't like most of them a lot of the time. Some were interesting at times, but overall I wasn't a huge fan of them.

Overall, I'm glad I finally read this, but it wasn't my favorite.

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martyrdomx5's review against another edition

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dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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