Reviews tagging 'Chronic illness'

Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë

50 reviews

mcmeiss's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Child death, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Terminal illness, Toxic friendship, Domestic abuse, Grief, Child abuse, Torture, Violence, Classism, Death, Mental illness, Outing, Physical abuse, Alcoholism, Chronic illness, Toxic relationship, and Sexism

mirandahems's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No

2.0

none of the characters are likable except the narrator Nelly, and maybe on a good day cathy linton. but heathcliff is literally the worst??? and actually evil??? and why do they hate children so much. also, they need to get out of the holler and stop marrying their cousins

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism

Moderate: Mental illness, Confinement, Infidelity, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Death of parent, and Death

lakeofstars's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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

4.5

i always come back to you and i am always angry

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Racism, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Racial slurs, Violence, Physical abuse, Chronic illness, Death, and Sexism

abbyaxj's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

3.75

Really enjoyed it, got more and more into it as I went. Not a book I could read when distracted due to the style of writing but gave a wonderful dark story from the 19th century

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Violence, Toxic relationship, Kidnapping, Grief, Bullying, Medical trauma, Incest, Chronic illness, Emotional abuse, Terminal illness, Pregnancy, Death of parent, Medical content, and Death

essiie's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective relaxing slow-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

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Physical abuse, Classism, and Child abuse

Minor: Death, Chronic illness, and Violence

mousecat's review against another edition

challenging dark sad tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Incest, Chronic illness, Domestic abuse, Mental illness, Terminal illness, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Grief, Child abuse, and Death

Moderate: Animal cruelty

Minor: Alcoholism

book_bear's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

Wonderfully dark and intense! I really enjoyed it! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Bullying, Death, Mental illness, Chronic illness, Death of parent, Confinement, and Domestic abuse

lovelymisanthrope's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.0

I picked this up as my continued effort to read more classic literature.
"Wuthering Heights" is the intense love story between Catherine Earnshaw and Heathcliff, and an analysis of what happens when love is denied. Catherine and Heathcliff cannot initially be together, and they both handle this situation in differing ways.
This story was filled with so much passion with a unique look at character development, I now understand why it is so beloved and has maintained its standing as a classic. Catherine's intense love for Heathcliff is nothing short of sobering, while Heathcliff's obsession with Catherine drives him utterly mad. Their story was equal measures beautiful and devastating.
I also quite enjoyed how this story is presented to the reader. Catherine's and Heathcliff's story is told by people from the outside, which gives a unique look at their situation. This type of narrative feels more detached and creates a more objective feel for what is being told.
I really enjoyed this novel, and I think it was the perfect thought-provoking story to kick off my 2024 reading. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Chronic illness and Death

46jjsg's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense 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

3.0

A book about terrible people doing terrible things in a terrible environment that breeds more terrible people. You truly don't root for a single person in this novel and despite how emotional some scenes can be (/pos)- you never really know any of these characters when everything is account of an account. Unreliable narrators aside- you can't help feel bad for Catherine and Heathcliff... for like a hot minute and then you snap back to reality. Are they victims of circumstance? Sure, but the cycle of abuse continues... which is admittedly one of the themes, but by the end of the novel you're just like damn what a waste of two lives. This is a thought-provoking novel, but you won't feel good at any point of this novel. It's pretty to read, but it can get slow and sometimes just plain confusing (or redundant). 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Physical abuse, Mental illness, Emotional abuse, Racism, Child abuse, and Domestic abuse

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Chronic illness, and Confinement

nineinchnails's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

i wish i could articulate why i liked this so much better but it was a super cathartic read. the prose was beautiful and the characterisation was really good in my opinion. i find it infinitely more interesting and satisfying to read about flawed characters than mary sues or people with shortcomings that get no worse than “i love too hard😔” so this was really enjoyable. i think heathcliffs ethnicity was worked really well into the book and gave a lot of insight into his character. i went into this pretty much blind but expecting it to be more of a romance than it was but i was pleasantly surprised! i think this is a gothic novel, and if that is the case, it was a very good example of one! i might be slightly biased since it’s set in yorkshire (my homeland) and it feels somewhat nostalgic despite being written centuries before i was born.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Child abuse, Death, Racism, Toxic relationship, Death of parent, Incest, Grief, Chronic illness, and Domestic abuse

Moderate: Bullying, Classism, Confinement, Racial slurs, Terminal illness, Kidnapping, Infidelity, Violence, Abandonment, and Pregnancy

Minor: Animal death, Mental illness, Animal cruelty, and Physical abuse