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Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë

101 reviews

miss_vonnegut's review against another edition

dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

4.75

How can I love a book this much and absolutely detest pretty much all of the characters? My guess is that the writing was so engaging and well done that it somehow works. I was hooked from the first chapter and read it in about a week. (Usually, classics take me longer.)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Physical abuse, Child abuse, Death of parent, Classism, Death, and Animal cruelty

theinfinitebookcase's review against another edition

dark emotional sad slow-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Violence, and Animal death

melosamatic's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Violence, and Child abuse

Moderate: Racism and Animal cruelty

sparodi's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Classism, Dementia, and Grief

Moderate: Alcoholism, Sexism, Kidnapping, Racial slurs, Racism, Child abuse, Grief, Physical abuse, and Alcohol

Minor: Incest, Death of parent, and Animal cruelty

eleanor_18's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

3.75

A well-written book, which brings to life the cold harsh-natured yorkshire moors through everything from the scenic description, the buildings, the characters and the plot. 
For those who believe this is a romance, it is not, and I pray for those misguided. 
This is a dark gothic tragedy, each turn of the plot is filled with dark sorrow. It tells the story of repeated cycles of abuse and the different characters as they live and die through it. Each suffer pain and inflict it, only little sparks of hope carry the reader through this tragedy. The love for Catherine that ties the novel together is not a great romance but a twisted dark tale. 
It has been excellently written by Emily Brontë, an author who felt such tragedy during her life and after her death. Wuthering Heights is both a horrible trial and a pleasure to read. 

Tip: if you have never heard a thick rural yorkshire accent, I recommended looking up videos of old yorkshire poetry before attempting reading (and butchering) Joesph’s accent.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Child abuse, and Physical abuse

Minor: Animal cruelty and Violence

cinthiaurora's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

4.5

Great book. Emily Brontë’s writing is so gorgeous at some points that it takes my breath away. Trying to read Joseph’s dialogue gives me a headache though. 

Wouldn’t necessarily say she ending is unsatisfactory but it is frustrating how Mr. Lockwood’s character was truly obsolete all along. Nelly is also kind of a frustrating character because she’s such a passive narrator. Her will never influences the outcome of the story. I know it’s because she’s a servant, but you’d think she’d have at least some influence over her own actions. Her primary purpose really IS to just be there and observe, and occasionally be used as a tool to move the plot along. Kind of depressing for a character who’s dialogue narrates literally the entire book.
Also, most of the characters are extremely unlikable but you’ll love it if you know that already going in. 

Final note; I disagree with the general  consensus that this book is slow-paced. Someone dies or gets married nearly every chapter, and there’s several years long time jumps… I don’t know how much faster it can really get. 

 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism, Gaslighting, Grief, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, and Death of parent

Moderate: Alcoholism, Bullying, Chronic illness, Classism, Death, Incest, Pregnancy, Terminal illness, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Animal cruelty, Racism, and Suicidal thoughts

lochlynwolfe's review against another edition

dark 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Minor: Toxic friendship, Slavery, Sexism, Physical abuse, Emotional abuse, Death, Violence, Toxic relationship, Murder, Misogyny, Domestic abuse, and Animal cruelty

lleer's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Death, Domestic abuse, Death of parent, Confinement, Violence, and Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Kidnapping and Animal cruelty

yvespiders's review against another edition

• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

I decided to re-read Wuthering Heights 20 years after I first read it. The second time around, I feel like I have a much better understanding of Emily Brontë's intentions and I have developed more of an appreciation for this novel. I no longer see it as a romantic love story; instead, I see it more like a poetic, gothic story about social class, the vicious effect of childhood abuse on oneself and later generations, and the futility of vengeance. The story is not the most comfortable to read; most of the characters are hateful and there were certain parts that surprised me with its brutal violence. But Heathcliff's character arc and his reflection towards the very end of the book made this masochistic read worth it in the end. 
 
I hesitate to call this a timeless masterpiece, which is why my rating isn't that high. There were some aspects that made this dated and insufferable at times. For instance, I LOATHED the dialogue from Joseph (I generally hate it when authors write out a character's dialect) and I skimmed through those parts. And though frame stories were not uncommon during Brontë's time, the jump from one narrator to another was handled clumsily, in my opinion. However, I think the book offers great commentary on the human condition and I appreciate the fact that this book was so different from other novels that came out at the time same time. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Toxic relationship, and Violence

l_gs's review against another edition

dark emotional 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Emotional abuse and Confinement

Minor: Death, Grief, Bullying, Domestic abuse, Gaslighting, Animal cruelty, and Hate crime