Reviews tagging 'Violence'

Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë

175 reviews

veldadraws's review against another edition

dark reflective sad slow-paced

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

4.5

This isn’t meant to be a feel-good book. You’ll have more questions coming out than going in. Dark, foreboding tragedy with elements of generational curses/trauma - a lot of film adaptations will interpret this as romantic when it’s not the main focus. Classic for a reason and I wish the author had not passed away so young.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Toxic relationship, and Classism

Moderate: Bullying, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Violence, and Gaslighting

Minor: Confinement, Xenophobia, and Injury/Injury detail

dorothyzbornak's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction and Violence

(Spoiler) I have a lot to say, but generally speaking I loved this book and it's still on my mind, even though I finished it three weeks ago. Brontë writes about the impact of abuse, especially in Heathcliff's case, and how that has shaped him and his wish to destroy everything and everyone that made it possible in the first place. From Nelly to Hindley. And the way she writes is just insanely beautiful to me! Especially regarding emotion, I cried so many times (and the most actually after I finished the book). All these groundbreaking quotes of deep love touched me so much! And the fact that none of them are likeable, the way we're used to in other books, at least, but I still found myself empathising with both Heathcliff and Cathy. And Nelly (!!!). I was soooo sooooo angry with her at times, how she told Heathcliff he deserved the physical abuse and how she looked at and talked about some situations. Loved it so much. (/Spoiler)

justinenoon82's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad tense 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

5.0

Despite (or perhaps because of) having deeply unlikeable characters, it's a masterpiece of psychological complexity and passionate storytelling.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship

Moderate: Bullying, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Violence, Grief, Death of parent, and Classism

Minor: Animal cruelty

The story deals with themes of revenge across generations, featuring the death of several main characters including Catherine. The abuse cycles through the generations, with Heathcliff becoming an abuser after being abused himself. The ending suggests hope for the younger generation despite the darkness that came before.

mangonana's review against another edition

emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Strong character development? It's complicated
• 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: Child abuse, Deadnaming, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Racism, Toxic relationship, Violence, Grief, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

ohennui's review against another edition

dark emotional fast-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Racism, Toxic relationship, and Death of parent

Minor: Incest, Physical abuse, and Violence

readingwithkaitlyn's review against another edition

dark 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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Bullying, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Incest, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Infidelity, Self harm, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, and Alcohol

Minor: Child death, Eating disorder, Gun violence, Suicide, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Murder, Pregnancy, and Fire/Fire injury

toonkatie's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Incest, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Violence, Gaslighting, and Classism

Moderate: Alcoholism, Death, Kidnapping, Stalking, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Minor: Xenophobia

atlascore's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Domestic abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, and Violence

Moderate: Rape, Sexism, and Classism

m_delaney's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious sad medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse and Violence

makerealityvanish's review against another edition

3.0

I did not love it nor did I enjoy my reading experience with this, but I cannot say that it is a bad book. I despised most of the characters (which I guess we're supposed to). At times it felt confusing

(I still don't understand why most of them died

and I had to use a family tree to keep track of the relationships between the characters. On the good side it is very well written and atmospheric. It was probably a good book, just not for me.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty and Violence