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Considering this is a famous classic, I didn't really enjoy it. I thought the writing was great - it was a wonderful study of unreliable narrators. But I disliked all of the characters so intensely that it made it quite difficult to get through. I have to admit, I cheered when Cathy died as I found her utterly abhorrent.
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This book was very different than my preconceived notion of it. I am not sure what my preconception was based on, but while it was a love story, of sorts, it is more like what I would imagine would come out if Stephen King decided to write a love story. Everyone in the story is miserable because they are in love with someone and not honest about it and have to watch life play out in a different direction. The story is much more twisted and dark than I had expected, and I liked it. It was like wa
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I've heard this called a great love story by many people but I don't agree that it is a love story. To me it's a story of obsession, bad choices and enormous grief. The grief parts were realistic but I didn't care about Heathcliff or Catherine. I also found the fact that the story was being told in retrospect by the housekeeper to be annoying.
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Sturm und drang. A wild, tempestuous romance in a location to match. I can imagine Heathcliffe brooding up on the moors, & cursing Cathy.
Jul 25, 2008
Sue
marked it as to-read
Jul 22, 2010
Jamie Eberle
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it was amazing
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Dec 30, 2012
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Kim DeCina
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