Reviews

The Tenant of Wildfell Hall, by Anne Brontë

graphictshirt's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

talucas24's review against another edition

emotional hopeful sad 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

3.5

deborahplace's review against another edition

5.0

I don't think a book has ever physically affected me this much before. Let me explain. I was so invested in Helen's journey that whenever something awful happened to her (like 90% of this book is her depressed, anxious, and tormented) I would feel sick to my stomach. It affected my own mood. I thought I was having my own depressive episode. But no, I just really felt for Helen. I loved the initial mystery of Helen and why was she living with her son in Wildfell Hall. I loved that she stuck to her own morals and boundaries.

Spoiler

She slammed the door in his face! She left him! She's filthy rich and can do whatever she wants now! She basically proposes to Gilbert! Huntingdon can suck it! Look at her thrive!

What a shocking thing that must have been for the 19th century reader. It's still shocking now. Man, I did not expect to love this as much as I did. This is going to stick with me for a long time.

P.S. I don't like Gilbert. He's not that great and Helen deserves better!
P.P.S. Yeah, I said the same thing in my previous Bronte review, but these women do deserve better!!

balaenoptera's review against another edition

challenging hopeful tense slow-paced

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

5.0

lucyevelyn13's review against another edition

dark mysterious

3.75

raincorbyn's review against another edition

4.0

This rocked, everyone is absolutely awful and things go badly for them.

adressat_des_prologs_von_tc's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad slow-paced

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

4.0

annaelvira's review against another edition

emotional mysterious reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

melkelsey's review against another edition

challenging slow-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

3.75

Book 34

The Tenant of Wildfell Hall is a novel by Anne Brontë told through letters and journal entries. Helen falls in love with a man not known for good character and grows to regret her marriage to him. It's a long, though engaging, book with a very slow-burn. The main characters are dynamic and infuriating at times. I resent the hasty resolution and the time spent on characters that dropped out of the story. It's a classic, classic work. 

jocelynw's review against another edition

4.0

The back of my copy of this says that Charlotte Brontë considered this book "an entire mistake." Which just goes to show once again that Charlotte Brontë and I do not agree.