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Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë

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rubius_pepperwood's review against another edition

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dark emotional mysterious reflective 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

3.0

j_zoe_'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? No
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

weaponizedheart's review against another edition

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4.0

The good thing about this book is how well the domestic abuse is portrayed, passing on from one generation to the next one and so on. Not even the girls were safe from it. I specially loved when Heathchliff was at focus and how well this character was made, even though I hated him with every fiber of my being, which makes him a very well-made character. Overall, it was a great book.

Now, what I didn't like was how the narrators would change suddenly, causing me to get lost and having to re-read a couple of times until I understood the narrator was someone else; it could've been avoided with an omniscient narrator. Sometimes I wanted to stop reading it, it was slow-paced with things that weren't interesting, but that might be just me.

elinormarie's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional 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

3.0

andotherworlds's review against another edition

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4.0

4.5!

more thoughts to come, but for now just know i loved this book.

ibgaines's review against another edition

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dark 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

3.0

A story about miserable horrible people having miserable horrible lives. Not really my cup of tea.

I went into this blind, only knowing the Kate Bush song, and I felt the book started off more interesting just because I didn't know what the characters were going to do next. At the end I sped up my reading just to finish it quicker. I knew so-and-so was going to die so I sat through the chapters wishing they'd hurry up and get on with it.

I didn't enjoy the narrative structure, being narrated by a second person, many years after the events had happened made it feel as if the book lacks plot. Lockwood does nothing but catch a cold and listen to a story. Good for him but not so much for me.

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