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So the last time I posted about this book, I was hating it, struggling for the gazillionth time with it, convinced I was going to have to muscle through it. I was right. I DID have to muscle through it---but WOW. I am SO glad I did. (Feel the burn, baby.) I brought to my aid a couple of film adaptations, several literary criticism websites, and for a month, I was obsessed with this book. As in, eat/sleep/dream nothing but Wuthering Heights obsessed. I now love this book, if only because I've lab
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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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oh my goodness, what a waste of time!! I didn't like this book at all, at all! This is one of those books that I would have gladly thrown against a wall except that I was reading electronic version on either my kobo / internet explorer so I couldn't physically do that. Mostly, I despised the characters with my only forgiveness for Isabella Heathcliff (nee Linton) for her only redeeming action of saving herself. The only reason I finished reading this book is because I'm slightly OCD about readin
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I am so glad I read this one! I enjoyed the many complex characters. I loved how characters shifted from good to mean as the book went along. my feelings seemed to change from like to dislike as I read each chapter. I was utterly engrossed.
The hulking, brooding Heathcliffe never did that much for me.
This book is definitely unique. It is very well written but a deeper read then most books. I loved it a lot more the second time :)
This book disturbed me from the beginning to the end, but I think that was the point.
Feb 01, 2009
Gracee
marked it as to-read
Apr 05, 2009
Anastasia
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Sherri
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Asim Khan
marked it as to-read
