Reviews tagging 'Violence'

Die Sturmhöhe: Roman by Emily Brontë

245 reviews

scruffie's review against another edition

4.0

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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I found this one very slow paced and reading it was quite the grind. Exceptionally dark though, so I naturally loved it.

Say what you will about the villain but I was impressed by his perseverance and how he uses the very same systemic techniques that oppressed him to oppress others, effectively perpetuating the misery.

Made me think of Philip Larkin's words:

"Man hands on misery to man.
It deepens like a coastal shelf.
Get out as early as you can,
And don't have any kids yourself."

Sidenote: I'd generously say that I understood about 30% of what Joseph says in the book. Didn't make a difference, really.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Bullying, Chronic illness, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Terminal illness, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child death, Eating disorder, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Alcohol

Minor: Animal cruelty, Pregnancy

letizia016's review against another edition

4.75

dark emotional reflective tense 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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it’s a story of trauma and abuse, repeated and never dealt with; but at the same time a story of love, obsessive and toxic as it might be but still love

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Violence, Grief

treeworms's review against another edition

2.0

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Violence

aziuly's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional reflective sad tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence

dani007k's review against another edition

5.0

dark funny informative lighthearted mysterious reflective tense medium-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: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Incest, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Violence, Grief, Abandonment

Moderate: Confinement, Death, Mental illness, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Death of parent

Minor: Infidelity, Kidnapping

anasc007's review against another edition

3.75

challenging dark emotional sad slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

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: Domestic abuse, Racism, Terminal illness, Violence

Moderate: Death

gwas007's review against another edition

4.5

challenging dark emotional funny 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Cursing, Incest, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, Grief, Alcohol

courtneyfalling's review against another edition

4.5

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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This was my favorite book for a while in high school, and years later, it's still my favorite classic. It's so melodramatic (I've been jokingly calling it an original soap opera), with a lot of great quotes and open-ended angst. I also feel like it brings up issues of race, gender, childhood, literacy, and property ownership with surprising insight for its time period (though those moments can be jarring on their own). 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Incest, Racial slurs, Racism, Suicide, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, Xenophobia, Grief, Death of parent

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Blood

mme_carton's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Violence, Grief, Death of parent, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Alcohol

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Suicidal thoughts, Pregnancy

Minor: Incest

elzirm's review against another edition

3.0

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I’m glad I finally read this, but I can’t say I get the appeal. (And I do enjoy other books of this era and of a similar writing style.) I don’t need “likable” characters, but I didn’t find myself connecting with any of the people in this book particularly, and so by the end I just wasn’t that invested.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Violence