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Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë

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dark emotional sad tense slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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dark sad tense slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Nagy itt az ellentmondás, mert a regény stílusa nagyon olvasmányos, gördülékeny (ami nem mellesleg nagyon is meglepett), viszont ezt a sok szenvedést és szörnyűséget olvasni nem volt jó élmény.
Áldás volt már a lelkemnek Heathcliff halála.
Egyik szereplő sem nyerte el a legcsekélyebb együttérzésemet se, pedig mindig igyekszem a negatív szereplőkben is meglátni azt a kis jót. Itt ezt valahogy sehogyan sem sikerült. A leginkább viszont az nem fér a fejembe, hogy egyes iskolákban (mint amilyen az én középsulim is volt, de hál' istennek nem kellett az egészet elolvasni) ki volt azt, aki úgy gondolta, hogy ez egy jó olvasmány a tini korosztálynak? Sőt bármelyiknek. A legtöbb klasszikusnak vélt könyvvel én nem vagyok kibékülve, mert sokban nem látom azt a nagy áhított értéket, ami bizonyos emberek szerint bennük van. Ez itt is igaz. Azonkívül, hogy mindenki szenvedett régen a társadalmi konvenciók miatt (ez még ma is igaz csak más módon, szóval annyira nem változott meg a világ :/). Összességében úgy gondolom, hogy egyszer elég volt ezzel a kötettel a lelkemet bántanom.

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dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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dark sad slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Harrowing. Depressing. But so, so good. I couldn’t put it down. Everybody should read this. It’s a classic for a reason.

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adventurous challenging dark mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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challenging dark tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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dark emotional mysterious tense slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Unfortunately I didn’t care as much for the original generation as I did for their children and their effects on these children, and as I also didn’t care about Lockwood and it took a while for Nelly to grow on me, I didn’t really start to enjoy this until later on (although I did appreciate the narrative structure). Slow start but happy to have read it!

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