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Wuthering Heights

Emily Brontë

Start date: December 1, 2019

Finish date: December 31, 2019

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Oct 29, 2016 Matthew rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: audio, 2016, classic, library

Misery, duplicity, revenge, unhealthy family relationships - Wuthering Heights has it all!

Whenever I hear the name Brontë, I start thinking about classic books, with ladies and gentlemen courting each other . . . but, I guess I need to stop confusing Brontë with Austin.

This book is brutal. Every page is an argument, a dark plot, a deathly ill character, or an actual death. There is no joy in Wuthering Heights!

Writing wise, it was pretty good. Not my usual style, but I like to knock out a classic ...more

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Dec 27, 2015 Phil J rated it it was amazing

Shelves: classic

Bad people in love! Obsession! Jealousy! Hatred! Revenge! Furious ravings! Ghosts of regret! Death by misery! Isolation and rage! Tales of drunkenness and cruelty! If Die Die My Darling is your favorite love song, then this is the romance novel for you.

Die, die, die my darling
Don't utter a single word
Die, die, die my darling
Just shut your pretty mouth
I'll be seeing you again
I'll be seeing you in Hell

[Two things I had in college: this poster and no girlfriend.]

I read this book as an anti-comedy ...more

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Mar 09, 2018 Jason rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: own, favorites

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Largely plot driven, this book passes by from one tragedy to the next with interspersed glimpses of blissful contentment that could be, might be, and hardly were. The narrative style seems natural and lovely. So much of this story is filling in the gaps, taking us from what we know of the past to how we get to what we know of the present - how did we get there? It is largely how we learn things in life, we know this event transpired, but know not how the individual found themselves there and then we get the information to more-or-less fill in those gaps.

I did not interpret this as much of a love story; this is a book of passions, both those of love and hate. Misery and mistreatment can beget more of the same, but I will say that I came away with much more detestation than pity for those that purposefully caused others ill. I do not mind dastardly characters though, sometimes they are the most interesting, and Emily really created a top-notch villain here (perhaps the villains-est of villains). This story is really one of revenge, spitefully twisted, misplaced revenge, but revenge absolutely - eat your heart out Count of Monte Cristo. ...more

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Dec 29, 2016 Rachael rated it it was ok

I was hoping the morals of this story would make my detesting of its characters worth it, but it sadly did not achieve this for me. However relevant to its time it may have been, I feel that humanity can no longer relate to its contents (which is what makes Shakespeare all the more impressive). No longer is it normal and relatable for families to marry their cousins, die from a walk in the snow, or have absolutely nothing else to do but to overly-dramatize encounters and relationships between su ...more

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