Reviews tagging 'Racial slurs'

Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë

74 reviews

mahitdzmare's review against another edition

3.5

challenging dark tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: N/A

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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kinda racist and weird with the incest, but still liked the gothic moral depravity of it all….

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Racism

Moderate: Incest, Racial slurs, Racism

jessthanthree's review against another edition

5.0

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Bullying, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Death, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Violence, Death of parent, Toxic friendship

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Infidelity, Racial slurs, Racism, Kidnapping, Grief, Religious bigotry

Minor: Suicidal thoughts

eib_21's review against another edition

3.5

challenging dark mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Chronic illness, Death, Mental illness, Racial slurs, Xenophobia

uchuflowerzone's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Grief, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Classism

Moderate: Racism

Minor: Racial slurs, Blood

lazycycle's review against another edition

5.0

challenging dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Violence

Moderate: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Eating disorder, Incest, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Suicide, Grief, Death of parent, Gaslighting

Minor: Religious bigotry, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pregnancy

the_pysselfia's review against another edition

3.0

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-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

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yikes my dude it did not need to be that racist

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Bullying, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Incest, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Violence, Xenophobia, Grief, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail, Classism

melhevingham98's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional reflective slow-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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Racial slurs, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Alcohol, Classism

nyssa_jo's review against another edition

4.25

dark slow-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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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Incest, Racial slurs, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Classism

Minor: Bullying, Death, Domestic abuse, Grief

sheshallbenamed's review against another edition

DID NOT FINISH: 48%

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Violence

Moderate: Animal cruelty

Minor: Death

ajparmentier's review against another edition

2.0

challenging dark slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Truly my feelings on this book are divided. Just about every minute I spent reading this book was dreadful. It was very hard to keep going. I find stories with unlikable characters very difficult to read, and this book has no likable characters on which to pin my hopes. Additionally, the sheer amount and depth of the domestic and child abuse and the racism (though nothing exceptional for the period) made it very hard for me to keep reading.

And yet every time I put the book down, I found it hard not to think about. The layers of narration, the parallels and contrasts between the characters, the vivid portraits of such flawed individuals, the complicated social dynamics in such a small and isolated community. All of these things are a fertile ground for discussion and dissection. I've found that I much more enjoy analyzing the story than reading a single word from the page, and as long as I am doing that and not subjecting myself to people who find the "romance" of the characters particularly *romantic*, that I can find something of value in the book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Alcoholism, Racial slurs

Moderate: Racism