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kingcrookback's review against another edition
- 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
While I do have a sort of academic fascination with WH that'll probably lead me to reading more about it, in terms of actually rereading, I think I'm more inclined to reach for Jane Eyre.
Graphic: Domestic abuse, Child abuse, Physical abuse, and Death
Moderate: Death of parent, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Infidelity, and Toxic relationship
Minor: Classism
uchuflowerzone's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Emotional abuse, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Classism, Death, Grief, Domestic abuse, Infidelity, Mental illness, and Toxic relationship
Moderate: Racism
Minor: Blood and Racial slurs
katievh's review against another edition
- 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
3.5
Graphic: Toxic relationship, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Grief, Mental illness, Physical abuse, and Violence
Moderate: Classism, Death of parent, Infidelity, Kidnapping, Terminal illness, Confinement, and Death
Minor: Animal cruelty, Pregnancy, and Religious bigotry
veganecurrywurst's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
Most of the other characters even the narrator(s) are deeply flawed human beings.
I think the most "likable" are probably Catherine II and Hareton.
In oder to really appreciate this book, I recommend doing a bit of research on it first and listing to other people's thoughts on the book. I'm probably going to give this a higher rating after I reread it.
“He shall never know I love him: and that, not because he’s handsome, but because he’s more myself than I am. Whatever our souls are made out of, his and mine are the same.”
“If all else perished, and he remained, I should still continue to be; and if all else remained, and he were annihilated, the universe would turn to a mighty stranger.”
“I have not broken your heart – you have broken it; and in breaking it, you have broken mine.”
“I’m wearying to escape into that glorious world, and to be always there: not seeing it dimly through tears, and yearning for it through the walls of an aching heart: but really with it, and in it."
“It was not the thorn bending to the honeysuckles, but the honeysuckles embracing the thorn.”
“I have to remind myself to breathe – almost to remind my heart to beat!”
“Treachery and violence are spears pointed at both ends; they wound those who resort to them worse than their enemies.”
Some info-graphics I really enjoyed: https://www.theguardian.com/books/gallery/2018/jul/30/emily-brontes-wuthering-heights-in-charts
Graphic: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Misogyny, Sexism, Emotional abuse, Chronic illness, Toxic relationship, Death, and Infidelity
Moderate: Alcoholism, Cursing, and Death of parent
Minor: Murder and Self harm
ambdocksey22's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.5
Graphic: Death, Grief, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Pregnancy, Sexual harassment, Suicide, and Violence
dani007k's review against another edition
- 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
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
therobinjoyce's review against another edition
- 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
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.
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
nerdkitten's review against another edition
- 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
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
harperhugodarling's review against another edition
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Grief, Incest, Infidelity, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, and Violence