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Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë

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lydiaisreading's review against another edition

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dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.0

catsforlenny's review against another edition

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adventurous dark mysterious 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

3.0

jordi's review against another edition

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4.0

Pensaba que seria un libro romantico, al estilo "sentido y sensibilidad". Y ciertamente es un libro romantico, mucho mas quiza que el anteriormente mencionado pero a la vez es totalmente distinto. Principalmente por sus personajes totalmente odiosos.

Mientras que en el tipico libro romantico el amor lo puede todo y es la mayor fuerza positiva, aqui el amor desde luego es la mayor fuerza pero mayoritariamente negativa, destructiva, obsesiva.

Este libro es casi su propio genero, la formula seria: horror + pasion = tension.
Para lo limitado de los eventos y los caracteres, el libro mantiene la tension perfectamente.

laideyofthelake's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

hannahchair's review against another edition

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4.25

Quite a bit of the plot indirectly addressed, but at times i find it a little difficult to catch up on, such as Healthcliff’s sudden death at the end, which I found much better addressed in some film adaptations.

Interesting choice of using Nelly as the narrator, the most neutral and sane character you can get from the book.

For a 18th century back, it is very action-packed and violent with the love shared by Catherine and Healthcliff, which resulted in a grappling read that one would yearn for more. The films have definitely expanded on their childhood for better backstory. Though personally i did find the little Cathy story a little too long compared to the original Cathy. Again I prefer the films’ take on this.

One interesting theory I keep coming back is the debate whether Emily Brontë had been a wise young woman or a hopeless romantic, there are certain romanticised elements of Healthcliff and Catherine’s relationship that I don’t quite agree with, whether in modern stance or their time, such as the complete shunning of both Lintons. And I’d like to take a stance of both, the delicacy of this is, you see traces of a carefully thought of plot and explicitations of intense love, but also elements I fail to comprehend, whether is Cathy and Heathcliff’s nativity or Bronte’s.