Reviews tagging 'Physical abuse'

Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë

242 reviews

alexandrabelze's review against another edition

4.5

challenging dark mysterious sad tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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vol 1 is a tragic romance. vol 2 is a mf thriller. heathcliff and catherine r so selfish and annoying. like y’all both love each other ITS NEVER GONNA CHANGE JUST ACCEPT IT ALREADY!!! vol2 ch1-ch2 was so insane. slapped me in the face. the way hareton+cathy+linton are just replicates of heathcliff+catherine+edgar omfg EMILY. FUCK heathcliff he’s such a dick. and all he does is talk as if anybody ever asked??

can’t get over the fact that he held nelly and cathy HOSTAGE!!!!

heathcliff is literally a psychopath.

holding bitches hostage, abusing his son, digging up graves, DAAAAMN!!!!! he dug up catherine’s grave TWICE. not once, but TWICE??? freak. also ik linton was rolling in his grave when catherine and hareton started canoodling lmaooo. cherry on top is heathcliff insisting to be buried next to catherine ever though edgar is also buried right next to her…awkward…

anyways me and miss emily need to have a talk. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Toxic relationship, Grief, Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Moderate: Child abuse, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism

Minor: Kidnapping, Abandonment

mxine_'s review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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thanks to Kendrick and Heathcliff, i am now trying to fully realize my potential as a hater

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Gaslighting

Moderate: Incest, Infidelity, Abandonment

Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Pregnancy

jayfoxisdoingfine's review against another edition

4.75

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Absolute banger but can be overly wordy (which was the style at the time)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship

Moderate: Death, Physical abuse

sladd215's review against another edition

3.0

dark sad tense slow-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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Death, Incest

ann_twentyone's review against another edition

4.5

mysterious medium-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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Enjoyed the supernatural elements, the allusion to mental illness and the role of landscape.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Toxic friendship, Classism

Minor: Racism, Rape, Sexual violence, Torture, Religious bigotry, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Gaslighting

jalb610's review against another edition

3.75

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Crazy what love and its loss will do to a person. And this book is showing exactly that in so many different ways. Love it when you can tell that a book is a classic and why while reading it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Grief, Death of parent

kyleighmelville's review against another edition

4.0

dark 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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Physical abuse

kurage_x's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Violence, Religious bigotry, Classism

wysterie's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship

Moderate: Death, Physical abuse, Racism, Death of parent

Minor: Animal cruelty, Incest

elizlizabeth's review against another edition

4.0

dark emotional hopeful slow-paced

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I loved Joanne's reading of the audiobook, very immersive and great audio quality. 
As for the actual story, I don't know what else I could say that hasn't been said already. It was entertaining. I like that the author doesn't cast any moral judgement on the characters and instead forces you to reside in the complexity of it. Top tier representative of the gothic romance genre tbh.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Toxic relationship

Minor: Confinement, Racial slurs, Racism