Wuthering Heights

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Summary: Should be illegal.
Review: I was put through this 'book' when studying Higher English. It is undoubtedly the single worst piece of literature I have ever had to read. What is worse that I had to read it twice, take notes, answer questions, memorize quotes, and in 9 days am sitting an exam in which it will feature rather heavily. You cannot truly hate a book until you have studied it in detail. The problem with it is the fact that about half the words in the book are adjectives. E. Bronte spends so long lavishing useless and totally superfluous descriptions on every scene that I dozed off and missed any point that the events may have had. Then there is Heathcliff, who actually does very little, but merely has circumstances favour him about a dozen times - and he's supposed to be one of the most evil characters ever? The rest of the characters are not much better - they are flat and predictable, although I can't imagine why anyone would be interested enough to wonder about what's going to happen. By the end, I was wondering if I'd fallen asleep and missed the climax - which would have been possible - but I could account for every excruciating page and therefore I can only conclude that the trivial, unsurprising non-events that the narrative lurched between were supposed to be climactic. If this is a classic story, then so is an eight-page picture book that's only strength is very detailed - but not well-drawn - pictures. Please feel free to send me mail to argue about my review.

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Summary: Pure greatness!
Review: I began reading and I couldn't stop! A wonderfully, well-written book

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Summary: A wonderful spiritual love story unlike any other written.
Review: Like many, at the age of 15, I believe I was too young to read such a story; I was bored reading it, I found the writing to be dull and the plot to advance too slowly. To be honest the only way I could survive the book was to read the cliff notes. But halfway through the cliff notes I was struck by the developing relationship between Cathy and Heathcliff, and my opinions altogether changed. I re-read the entire book, and could at last understand the story, the torment, the love, the fury, the power of what Emily had written, a real love story, with the real sentiments that occur when people of different upbringings clash, and somehow, in spite of such brutal hatred and jealousy, love dawns, and it survives the storm of hatred that continues for many years and a couple of generations. This story epitomizes true and unconditional love. For this reason,seven years later, I gladly rate this book five stars our of five.

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Summary: Absolutely magnificent!
Review: This is my favorite book of all time, every time I even think of the passion in this book, my heart is touched. Emily Bronte does an excellent job creating one of the most beautiful stories ever written.

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Summary: A classic? Why?
Review: I have no memory of Northern England late 1700's. I don't no if characters such as Heathcliff or the younger Linton actually could exist. But this whole story is so unbelievable that it goes way beyond fiction. Not only that but one of the basic requisites of any successful novel, or movie for that matter, is to have at least one character that the audience likes or will root for. There is not one character in this book that I pulled for. Not one that I wanted to see come out on top. I just finished this book so maybe my viewpoint will change with time (in five months will this novel have any impact on me) but for the time being this hardly rates as a "classic"

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Summary: Brilliant
Review: Wuthering Heights is a fantastic novel that explores the complexities of human nature and though some of the characters are evil, they are not far removed from people in real life. Its themes of passion and revenge are conveyed expertly and take the reader on a fabulous journey to the wily windy moors of England

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Summary: Way cool!
Review: This book's among the best i've ever read. All those who don't like it must be basing their opinion on the dreadful 1992 film adaptation instead of reading the actual book.

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Summary: Very easy to drift of and leave the book alone
Review: After reading this dull book, I am now able to declare Emily Bronte as the worst writer of all in the Brone family. No passion and pain like Charolotte's JANE EYRE or LUCY SNOWE of Villette, and unlike the flighty creations of Anne's novel, this one was rather hard to finish. All in all, another over rated book.

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Summary: Brilliant without a shadow of a doubt!
Review: I am writing my senior college thesis (currently) on this brilliant novel and everytime I pick my much-loved copy up I discover something new and fascinating. My copy has notes in the margins throughout, often followed by an exclamation marks to indicate my excitement. This excellent novel is saturated with deep thoughtful symbolism, the colorful beautifully-created characters (despite their cruelty) have our sympathy throughout (if they deserve it). The emotion Emily Brontë is able to convey through her words defies description itself. I love this book so incredibly much; I consider it to the best of the Brontë novels and I've read nearly them all.

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Summary: a pure soap opera
Review: Bronte does no follow up on any characters and leaves us grasping at what the meaning of all the action. For example, someone will get married and then Bronte just leaves it at that. Just because they fight with each other later on merely shows that self absorbed people don't get along. Dear Bronte, if you're going to write a book, add more to the characters and don't just state the obvious. Also, why did you include that dream about Cathy Linton in the beginning and not have any more supernatural stuff later? You should involve the supernatural and not just mention or include it. One star is generous