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3.72 AVERAGE
3.72 AVERAGE
dark
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
emotional
funny
reflective
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:
No
dark
emotional
reflective
tense
medium-paced
Trifft die richtige Stimmung, Charaktere größer als Dostojewski. Angenehm tragisch und abgekapselt. Wenig Orte, wenig Akteur*innen. Beruhigend abgeschlossen. Liebe, Tod, Aussichtslosigkeit, Hoffnung, Schmerz.
emotional
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
I understand why we read this book. I guess. It's a good framework to build off of. Sure. But GODDAMN is it boring! Mind numbingly, stomachache inducingly, tear invokingly boring. Most people seem to not like this book because the main characters suck so much but I LOVE an evil main character. Someone who just truly is the worst. But Catherine is annoying (and boring) and Heathcliff isn't evil in a fascinating way, he's evil in a what the fuck kind of way. Also, he's boring. The good parts of this book were the parts where Heathcliff monologues about his devotion to Catherine. If the book was *actually* full of angst and stolen glances and torrid love affairs and professions of love, I think I would have liked it. But instead, it was about uhhh nothing? If this book had been maybe 7 pages I might have liked it but who knows.
challenging
dark
mysterious
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
N/A
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
dark
emotional
reflective
tense
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
dark
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
This book was a good read because I like how it was built on Mrs. Dean story all along which made me want to read to rest to find out more what happened to the Earnshaw children and their descendants. That being said its contents are quite dark, it's hard to empathize with the characters, many of them have very violent behavior and honestly I don't think it's my type of book, I enjoy better light hearted material. The ending did give things somewhat of a better turn (hence the +.5 to the final rating). Happy to have read what this literary classic is about but will not re read.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Violence
emotional
sad
medium-paced