3.65k reviews for:

The Tenant of Wildfell Hall

Anne Brontë

4.07 AVERAGE

loveisforthenerds's review against another edition

3.5

challenging inspiring medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

kendra_usw's review against another edition

4.0

slow-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

pearl10's review against another edition

4.5

emotional reflective slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

hannahruth_bookworm's review against another edition

5.0

challenging dark reflective slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

fogisbeautiful's review against another edition

5.0

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I actually really did love this book. It was kind of long (and I really didn't like one of the narrators of the librivox version), but I just really connected with the story! It was amazing :)

lizcheek's review against another edition

4.5

emotional reflective 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

pia_karma's review against another edition

3.0

challenging 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: Complicated

nishalovesbooks's review against another edition

4.5

emotional reflective sad tense slow-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

kamharellano's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous hopeful lighthearted slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Anne is truly the superior Brontë sister. I will be taking no questions.

The Tenant of Wildfell Hall definitely deserves to be lauded as one of the first feminist novels. Tackling subject matter such as domestic violence, alcoholism, and the impossible standards to which society holds women, this book was truly ahead of its time. It dissects

Anne's writing is incredibly direct. There is none of the poetry and romance that characterizes the work of her much more famous sisters. But because of this straightforwardness, readers are treated to a breathtakingly honest portrait of a fascinating, multifaceted individual. Our heroine Helen is simultaneously a mother taking societally taboo actions to protect herself and her son, a widow who yearns and struggles with loneliness and isolation, an artist who scorns the gossip swirling around her circumstances, and a woman who still dreams of love and companionship.

And finally, thank you Anne Brontë for giving me a quote with which to summarize my absolute love and fascination for flawed and unlikeable female characters.

" I maintain that, if she were more perfect, she would be less interesting."

megnut's review against another edition

4.25

emotional hopeful reflective slow-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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Domestic abuse

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse