Reviews tagging 'Incest'

Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë

114 reviews

the_cute_shadowy_one's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad 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

3.25

The writing is gorgeous but there is so much abuse 😬.  Who's reading this and swooning??? I was concerned that I wouldn't be able to parse a classic book, that the writing would be too convoluted for me but actually it's very readable. The main difficulty I had was with Joseph who is written in the dialect. I had to read it out loud to understand what was being said. 


 I enjoyed the book, but definitely as horror not a romance. Honestly I'd be more comfortable if it was revealed that there was some eldritch monstrosity in Wuthering Heights that was turning people mad and killing off those who interact with the Earnshaws. But no, it's intergenerational abuse, and early modern medicine. 

The two families are unhinged. Like okay, people are commenting that Heathcliff is unhinged because he is, but think of Isabella for example.

You're sneaking out of your house at night to elope to a man, and the first thing you see is him attempting to hang your pet dog. And you just brush it off as that's Heathcliff for you. What?!?

Nelly Dean deserves better. She has had to put up with so much. I'm glad that she's glad at the end of the book. 

 Pop culture view of the book and this book couldn't be further apart. Still a great read. Would recommend reading it however I'm not sure if I'd want to watch a film of the book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Domestic abuse, Incest, and Racism

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

sha's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional slow-paced

• Loveable characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Incest, Toxic relationship, Grief, Pregnancy, and Toxic friendship

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

andysanzz_'s review against another edition

dark reflective sad slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Bullying, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Incest, Racial slurs, Racism, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Forced institutionalization, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, Abandonment, and Classism

noura's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Child abuse, Death, and Racism

Minor: Incest

jthyme's review against another edition

challenging dark sad medium-paced

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

3.0

this was messy af. So many punchable characters. 😭 Tho I guess most of them were not meant to be likeable in the first place 

 edit. okay. After giving it some time, I'll bump this up to 3 stars. While the plot is indeed messy, I did enjoy the drama of it all. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Incest

mayareads4fun's review against another edition

dark emotional slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Toxic relationship, and Violence

Moderate: Grief

Minor: Incest

ghostsversion's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny 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

4.0

This book really was… something. Compared to Agnes Grey, this was like going from learning how to swim to diving in the middle of the ocean. This is of course a different type of book so it isn’t really a shock. I was shocked though when finding out that

the POV of this book were a Mr Lockwood and Ellen Dean, and not at the very least Catherine Linton nee Earnshaw.

It was a really interesting read and I might have rated it higher if not for

the excessive amount of incest and the constant racism and stereotyping of Romani people.

Also to the people who consider this a romance, I hear you and I somehow get you but please don’t go looking for this.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Bullying, Child abuse, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Incest, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism