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Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë

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elliebailey's review against another edition

2.0

While this book is certainly gloomy and dark, I found it strangely intriguing. The characters are extremely flawed, their lives even more so.

I don't know how to describe this one...
It's weird but good.
Would recommend.

alec_may's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark funny lighthearted reflective tense slow-paced

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

4.25

thebookofdanny's review against another edition

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4.0

Wuthering Heights is like a Mulholland Drive parched-angry wank, accompanied by neighbourhood gossip from an ageing dementia suffering girl from the Dream Phone game overheard on a party line. The book is more frenzied than the characters contained within.
The true hero of the novel is Nelly Dean. A woman who sasses those in her charge whilst totally failing to control them. How this woman kept her job for all those years is a lesson in covering one’s arse.

ntrodebe's review against another edition

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2.0

What happens when a sadist and an abused sadist fall in love?

heatheronthego's review against another edition

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dark emotional tense slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Loveable characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

I read this book in about 1990. The intense drama was more appealing to me then than it was this time through. I never did like the dark tone. While I found certain parts captivating, I often had violent feelings myself, wanting to slap the characters for their self centered behavior.

sarahglabb's review against another edition

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4.0

I thought this was a little slow at first partly because I already knew what was going to happen. Also Heathcliff and Cathy just made me want to strangle somebody. They got me so pissed off at sometimes I wanted to throw the book, the most stupid people I ever read about. Without Heathcliff you wouldn't have a story right?
The ending bittersweet made me smile.