Reviews tagging 'Animal cruelty'

B. J. Harrison Reads Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë

164 reviews

justinenoon82's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional reflective sad tense 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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Despite (or perhaps because of) having deeply unlikeable characters, it's a masterpiece of psychological complexity and passionate storytelling.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship

Moderate: Bullying, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Violence, Grief, Death of parent, Classism

Minor: Animal cruelty

The story deals with themes of revenge across generations, featuring the death of several main characters including Catherine. The abuse cycles through the generations, with Heathcliff becoming an abuser after being abused himself. The ending suggests hope for the younger generation despite the darkness that came before.

readingwithkaitlyn's review against another edition

3.0

dark 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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Bullying, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Incest, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail, Classism

Moderate: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Infidelity, Self harm, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Alcohol

Minor: Child death, Eating disorder, Gun violence, Suicide, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Murder, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury

andysanzz_'s review against another edition

4.0

dark reflective sad 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: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Bullying, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Incest, Racial slurs, Racism, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Forced institutionalization, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Classism

444lex444ndr444's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse

Minor: Animal cruelty

makerealityvanish's review against another edition

3.0

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I did not love it nor did I enjoy my reading experience with this, but I cannot say that it is a bad book. I despised most of the characters (which I guess we're supposed to). At times it felt confusing

(I still don't understand why most of them died

and I had to use a family tree to keep track of the relationships between the characters. On the good side it is very well written and atmospheric. It was probably a good book, just not for me.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Violence

ghostsversion's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny tense 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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This book really was… something. Compared to Agnes Grey, this was like going from learning how to swim to diving in the middle of the ocean. This is of course a different type of book so it isn’t really a shock. I was shocked though when finding out that

the POV of this book were a Mr Lockwood and Ellen Dean, and not at the very least Catherine Linton nee Earnshaw.

It was a really interesting read and I might have rated it higher if not for

the excessive amount of incest and the constant racism and stereotyping of Romani people.

Also to the people who consider this a romance, I hear you and I somehow get you but please don’t go looking for this.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Bullying, Child abuse, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Incest, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, Classism

flor_peredo's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional mysterious sad slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body shaming, Bullying, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Abandonment, Classism

lp961's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional reflective medium-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: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Violence

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Death of parent

Minor: Animal cruelty, Incest, Racism, Classism

uselesspirateraven's review against another edition

3.75

challenging dark sad 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: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Bullying, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Incest, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Violence, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Classism

spiderelsa's review against another edition

5.0

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What a journey! A good-faith, but unthorough, effort by one kind-hearted person rippled cruelty for three generations, all presided over by a Bible thumper servant. 

Everyone in this book needs therapy, a Warmie, and a new book they've never read before. 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Bullying, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Grief