ludakrizz's review against another edition
3.0
I don't get it. Why do people rave about this book?
It was just about a very vindictive guy who thought up a revenge plan that spanned over 20 years and then finally gave it up. So anti-climatic.
Also, what's the deal with everyone having the SAME EXACT name? It seriously made the book super confusing.
I can't really say that I liked or even enjoyed this book, but for some inexplicable reason, I find myself giving it 3 stars instead of 2.
It was just about a very vindictive guy who thought up a revenge plan that spanned over 20 years and then finally gave it up. So anti-climatic.
Also, what's the deal with everyone having the SAME EXACT name? It seriously made the book super confusing.
I can't really say that I liked or even enjoyed this book, but for some inexplicable reason, I find myself giving it 3 stars instead of 2.
kathrinexxx's review against another edition
dark
emotional
sad
medium-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
3.75
emencii's review against another edition
reflective
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
4.0
raynbowkitty's review against another edition
dark
emotional
reflective
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
3.0
stylialou's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
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
dayface's review against another edition
4.0
"Proud people breed sad sorrows for themselves."
It took me fifteen pages until the prose flew through my head naturally, her manners and cadence easy to slip into with a bit of chance.
I'm fifty pages in, now, and... Yes, I see well why two people in my past have called me a Heathcliff, before. I should have listened to them, read it, opened my heart and head to the concept.
Instead, I nodded. He's like the dog from Your Typical Entertainer. I'm fully immersed.
Now 80 pages in, and the voice is natural to me. Likewise, I'm finding myself curious as to where the story will go, and heartfelt during moments of romance. When Heathcliff cried out his window - or when Catherine admitted her love to Ellen, to which he overhead and walked away too quick...
Damn it...
At the end, I understand why it's a classic. It's the precursor to The Great Gatsby and an evolution of Romeo and Juliet, threading considerably modern depictions of mental health and atypical romance or youthful connection. Beautiful book, though it's dense as all hell in its illustration - thick paint, complex textures. Unforgettable.
It took me fifteen pages until the prose flew through my head naturally, her manners and cadence easy to slip into with a bit of chance.
I'm fifty pages in, now, and... Yes, I see well why two people in my past have called me a Heathcliff, before. I should have listened to them, read it, opened my heart and head to the concept.
Instead, I nodded. He's like the dog from Your Typical Entertainer. I'm fully immersed.
Now 80 pages in, and the voice is natural to me. Likewise, I'm finding myself curious as to where the story will go, and heartfelt during moments of romance. When Heathcliff cried out his window - or when Catherine admitted her love to Ellen, to which he overhead and walked away too quick...
Damn it...
At the end, I understand why it's a classic. It's the precursor to The Great Gatsby and an evolution of Romeo and Juliet, threading considerably modern depictions of mental health and atypical romance or youthful connection. Beautiful book, though it's dense as all hell in its illustration - thick paint, complex textures. Unforgettable.
wombat_88's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
mysterious
sad
slow-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
2.0
eraklitheos's review against another edition
dark
tense
slow-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
5.0
m2w05's review against another edition
5.0
I started reading this book because of a quote i love "whatever our souls are made of, his and mine are the same" but wow i did not expect this book... and i just loved it because of heathcliff, his story is so sad and it makes me sad he had to go through all of that because he loved so much Catherine. I also loved Hearton he had such a humbled heart even tho he had to lived a life he did not deserve he had the ability to learn to love and find happiness his pride did not win! I never understood catherine she made her life and Heathcliff miserable just because her way of thinking! This story is so heartbreaking because inocent people had to pay the consequences of Catherine... but i did enjoy the love Heathcliff prove to have it makes me sad to see all his world was Catherine and i just think she was so selfish and did not love him as deep as he did love her!
bxlbooks91's review against another edition
2.0
Ugh, really not for me. Awful characters, one of the earliest novels on one of the most annoying subgenres (the tormented lovers) and the style also did not suit my reading preferences.
2*
2*