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**2015 Reading Challenge W/Josh: #2 A Classic Romance**
I enjoyed this book more than I thought I would. I'm glad I finally read it. ...more
I enjoyed this book more than I thought I would. I'm glad I finally read it. ...more

Thank goodness I am done. I don't understand the point of this tale. The characters are unlikable, whiney, jealous brats. Even the adults! The only possible likable character was the housekeeper and that's just because the rest were so awful.
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It took me a while to get into this book after not having read it for years and years. I really liked it--Heathcliff totally creeps me out and the original Catherin is ridiculous, but I love the Catherine/Hareton ending.
Updated review 10/19: This book always sucks me in: I only liked Nelly Dean this time and liked how she is really the only one that Heathcliff has a soft spot for. Heathcliff is always much more brutal in the book than I remember. Catherine is the worst, as usual, and Linton is a ...more
Updated review 10/19: This book always sucks me in: I only liked Nelly Dean this time and liked how she is really the only one that Heathcliff has a soft spot for. Heathcliff is always much more brutal in the book than I remember. Catherine is the worst, as usual, and Linton is a ...more

I had to give up on this one. Classic it may be, but I am unable to stand any of the characters and I don't care about the story. It's time to move on.
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I think I might like this more on a second read. At first, I was just so confused trying to keep characters and timelines and ages straight that I wasn't really comprehending what I was reading. As I got toward the end, I realized that this has a very "Madame Bovary" feel to it, a book that I actually love even though it's sort of the antithesis of my everyday. So the end of this for me was much more satisfying than the beginning, and I think another read might be in order. It's a tragic sort of
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Dec 08, 2016
Piepie | The Napping Bibliophile
marked it as did-not-finish
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review of another edition
So confused...

Jun 26, 2009
Taryn
marked it as to-read

Nov 06, 2009
Casey
marked it as to-read

Feb 05, 2010
Kate
marked it as to-read

Aug 29, 2014
Debbie Harris
marked it as to-read

Jun 15, 2015
Emily
marked it as to-read

