Reviews

Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë

siah_2013's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

5.0

dnandrews797's review against another edition

4.0

I didn’t particularly enjoy this book in the midst of reading it, but, after sitting with it for a while, I’ve discovered it’s one of my favourites. The hauntingly beautiful aire of the moors of Wuthering Heights and the wild antics of Cathy and Heathcliff playing there as children is a lovely image. I also enjoyed the idea that Heathcliff didn’t become morally corrupted until after Cathy’s older brother treated him like a second class citizen because of his parentage and poverty. In a way, the people who lived on the moors created their own monster by treating him like one. The cycle of trauma perpetrated by Cathy’s brother to Heathcliff and then Heathcliff onto his sone was captivating and especially heartfelt when love is what finally overcame generations of hate. An excellent novel that I can’t wait to read again someday.

kaetii's review against another edition

emotional sad medium-paced

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

4.25

This is not a romance book...

knittingchaos's review against another edition

4.0

Again, I wish Goodreads allowed 1/2 stars. I would give this 3 1/2 stars or maybe 3 3/4. I don’t know if I am supposed to like anyone in this book, because I didn’t. It is however well written and intriguing. And kind of creepy.

gremlin_98's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious slow-paced

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

3.25

 But it would not be love that they would find, but equal and opposite misery. 
 

Throughout this story I was so confused as to why anyone would think that this would be romantic and describe it as such. At one point I was so stuck on this fact I felt like I was losing my mind alongside the characters. After I finished it I was still so irrationally angry with the concept of people viewing this book as 'romantic' that I kept thinking about this novel even after moving on to my next book. 

Then it dawned on me, they didn't mean it as 'romantic' as in how the modern genre is defined or described, but 'Romantic' with the capital 'R' as in the period in history and literature. Then the whole of the story and everything about it both changed meaning and how I viewed it. Also made so much more sense, but because whenever I heard someone talk about it they have never clarified that difference. I went into the novel expecting sometime completely different from what I got out of it. Also that it is a 'Gothic Romance' novel would have been a good thing to keep in mind.

I do want to reread this story with the new framing in mind, but I have other books that I want to read first before I get back to this one.

 

elen_'s review against another edition

challenging 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

3.5

stephanie_e's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious 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

miniloo's review against another edition

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

5.0

read in french - few first chapters can be discouraging about pursing the lecture. keep going (even if Lockwood is annoying asf). you will not like the characters and maybe i'm a psycopath but i liked to see how much they kept diving into their vices and basseness. besides, miss cathy will make you want to know the end word.
advice : if you are about to read it, find a version with preface and context, it will help you to understand the context in which Emily Brönte wrote it. i can not deny it : there is mysoginy, psychologic violence and also physical (described with harsh distance). despite this, you are obliged to admit the genius of Emily Brönte and how she achieved to create such discomfort and an heavy and dark atmoshphere surrounded by a, how i felt,  quite cottagecore aesthetic.

ekacpuc's review against another edition

dark slow-paced

3.25

ladyk2387's review against another edition

challenging dark 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

4.0