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I'll probably revise this later but for now, I will just say that the back cover of my edition of this book calls it "The Strangest Love Story Ever Told" and I have to concur. It is weird, creepy and frankly, not really a love story. It is more of a ghost story, or a tale of revenge and how it can destroy a person's soul. Be prepared to find every single character unlikeable and/ or sad and pathetic. In the early 19th-century words such as alcoholism, child abuse, co-dependence or post traumatic
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2.5 stars really. I struggled to finish this one. I didn't like the characters and I found myself frustrated with their choices. Having said that, the writing was fine, hence the 3 stars.
I read this again, still 2.5 stars. ...more
I read this again, still 2.5 stars. ...more
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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I need to re-read this too, along with Jane Eyre.
Janet Gezari was my advisor in college. ...more
Janet Gezari was my advisor in college. ...more
Jul 16, 2010
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