Wuthering Heights

By Emily Brontë

Wuthering Heights is a novel by Emily Bronte. Wuthering Heights is the name of the farmhouse on the Yorkshire moors where the story unfolds. The book's core theme is the destructive effect that jealousy and vengefulness have, both on the jealous or vengeful individuals and on their communities. Wuthering Heights is now widely regarded as a classic of English literature. When first published it was considered controversial because its depiction of mental and physical cruelty was unusually stark, and it challenged strict Victorian ideals of the day, including religious hypocrisy, morality, social classes and gender inequality.

• Language: English
• Publisher: BookRix
• Release date: Oct 16, 2018
• ISBN: 9783736800779

Emily Brontë

Emily Brontë (1818–1848) was an English novelist and poet, best remembered for her only novel, Wuthering Heights. The novel’s violence and passion shocked the Victorian public and led to the belief that it was written by a man. Although Emily died young (at the age of 30), her sole complete work is now considered a masterpiece of English literature.

Reviews for Wuthering Heights

[andjhostet-527429 · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

Definitely the more interesting book out of Jane Eyre and Wuthering Heights, and in my opinion, better in almost every way. The characters are much deeper and more interesting, the setting is better written, with a lot of mystique, the themes are more gray and I liked the prose more.

Heathcliff is a fascinating villain. Utterly depraved and unpredictable, which made for good reading, but also empathetic. You get such a deep glimpse into his character by following him from a child, and the moments he opens up to Nelly are heartbreaking.

This book is twisted. I wish Emily Bronte had more content to dig into because this one was fascinating. I haven't really read another book quite like it.

[elenchus_1 · Rating: 1 out of 5 stars]

I anticipated an insipid romance: it was that, but not for reasons expected. Rather than mawkish and treacly behaviour, Heathcliff & Catherine display a wholly unexpected level of obsession (devotion?) to one another, contrary to any evidence of tender feeling or even physical attraction. Not only are they not doe-eyed in their expressions or interactions, each instead appears manic and possessive, verging on feral, and I am mystified as to what either sees in or feels for the other. Beyond that central mystery, this is a bat-shit crazy novel. Perennial criticisms of genre fiction (which typically I consider unfair generalizations) legitimately apply here: the plot is preposterous; most everyone is cynical if not sadistic in behavior to one another; coincidence triumphs over reasonable expectation at every turn. How Brontë's novel came to be regarded as a Classic is frankly dumbfounding. How it came to be shorthand for Gothic Romance, is equally mystifying. Perhaps Heathcliff's & Catherine's obsessive devotion in the face of (what they apparently perceive to be) universal approbation by their peers and elders underwrites so many readers' love for these two. It only left me cold.I do have some faint curiosity regarding Brontë's motives for writing the novel. Was this a cautionary tale? If so, whom did she expect to reach? The story involves mean-spirited people behaving selfishly at every turn with scarcely an empathetic character to be found. And then, Brontë chose to relay the story in perhaps the most convoluted way possible, as though recounting a soap opera family drama from the vantage of the mail carrier, and chronologically backward. (I freely acknowledge the "mail carrier", Lockwood, to be an hysterical character study worth the price of admission. To be accurate, however, he is merely the secretary, taking dictation from Nelly Deal, the house gossip who recounts him the tale over her knitting.)It occurs to me my reaction here is similar to what I've read others describe in reference to The Catcher In The Rye. I find Holden Caulfield infinitely more sympathetic and relatable.//Reading presented an excuse to re-acquaint myself with the Kate Bush single: was the song perhaps critical of the couple? No, not a bit. Kate was 18, and apparently genuinely impressed with Heathcliff and Cathy. The vignette she captures in the lyric is the best part of the novel, and ignores the swaths I find so exasperating. Oh well, a good tune, but I found it wholly disconnected from my experience of the book.

[agentx216 · Rating: 1 out of 5 stars]

Gah! This book is the most horrible thing I've read! Heathcliff is a horrible character! I didn't know I was ever suppose to root for him. He borders on crazy and even crazier. No one should be forced to read this dren. I'd rather be waterboardered than read this again...at least the psychological scars of waterboarding wouldn't last as long!

[ashishg_50 · Rating: 2 out of 5 stars]

Wuthering Heights is one of those books which are reasonably interesting when you are reading them, but not enticing enough to pick up again if you put them down. Story moves forward quite well, and writing style is full of soliloquies worth admiration, but reader is left with nothing when finished reading the book. One problem with that is all characters are awful.There is no love shown between Heathcliff and Catherine, at least not something anyone can guess, because they fought often and whatever tenderness was between them wasn't unusual for any two characters within the book. Despite no sign of love, they were in love apparently, to maddening degree. Catherine married Edger Linton voluntarily, however, he is somehow the villain of the story abhorred by both Catherine and Heathcliff. She didn't even attempt to divorce for God's sake. It appears that two main lovers delighted in unfulfilled love and agony rather than trying any reasonable means to achieve the union.Little Catherine is not really stopped from visiting Linton, and all attempts are half-hearted, even when it is obvious that she is going to dangerous path. No example is made of experience of Linton's mother who married Heathcliff against the family's wishes and suffered. In the end, even little Catherine's and Linton's marriage is considered a viable option. It seems everyone is in self-destructive mode with no semblance of reasonable behaviour. Of course, behaviour of little Catherine borders on idiocy.Lastly, I have problems with naming. Writer was so short of names that there are Catherine's and Linton's and Heathcliff's and all permutations of those names. Wasn't difficult to keep track but was quite annoying to follow.In summary, book is probably still worthwhile because writing style is interesting. Story and character leaves you cold and I wasn't sad to have anyone died really.

[regularguy5mb · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

I think I read this in high school, at least I remember talking about it, but I don't remember much about the story itself. Also, this copy belonged to my sister. Reading it now because it's part of a reading list I'm working on.It took me a while to get into this one, partially because Lockwood is not the best character and he's our entry into Wuthering Heights and the more important players involved there. He's also a foppish character, and the way he insinuates himself onto Heathcliff's good graces (before learning he has none) and essentially inviting himself over after seeing how unwelcome guests are the first time just shows exactly how useless he is.Fortunately, Lockwood has nothing to do with the actual story of Wuthering Heights, but is merely there as a representation of the audience as he hears Mrs. Dean's story to bring him up to speed on why things are the way they are at the Heights.As a reader, we pull for Heathcliff in his younger years, this child that is adopted by a man and then treated horribly by the eldest son. You want him to get his revenge, especially after the love of his life spurns him for the societal choice of Linton, another foppish waste. Of course, when you realize exactly how far he's willing to go in his revenge, you do start to question which side to pull for in this feud, especially with the way he treats Isabella and the children.This is a dark tale, darker even than her sister Charlotte's Jane Eyre. While Heathcliff is presented as a villain by Mrs. Dean, like the best villains he has his reasons, and in this particular case it's hard not to agree with those reasons. But, that's what makes Heathcliff one of the most enduring literary characters around.

[tanya6d · Rating: 2 out of 5 stars]

This story is about your basic love triangle. Heathcliff and Linton are both in love with Catherine. One is made to feel inferior and he goes off to make something of himself. Upon his return as a successful man, he finds that the Cathy had married the other. Then the story goes about with the 2 men doing spiteful things to each other, which eventually involves their children.

I had a lot of trouble getting through this book. I started and stopped several times over the past year and finally picked it up, restarted it and just got through it. I didn't enjoy it, I just couldn't find it in myself to care for the story or the characters. The love that Heathcliff and Linton feel for Cathy is passionate, but I also found it somewhat disturbing. There was somewhat of a happy ending though, which I didn't really expect and was pleasantly surprised about. All in all, I feel happy that it's finally finished and I can move on.

[scottcholstad · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

I don't know. This is another "classic" I was told I had to like, but honestly, it's never done much for me. Frankly, I'm not a fan of the period and if I had to choose, I really prefer Charlotte over Emily... For those who love this era's literature, recommended. Not my cup of tea though...

[kayla.krantz · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

I'm a fan of classics, but not so much one of romance so I went into this book a little hesitant. I came out very pleasantly surprised though. This is an amazing book with both a complicated and fulfilling plot. My only grievance would be the names of the characters. Sometimes in the piece the similarity of the names would get confusing to the point where I would have to reread sections to clarify exactly which characters I was dealing with. Other than that, I loved this book! It's one of my new favorites.

[kayis813-163108 · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

This book was much different than I expected. I wasn't sure whether or not I liked it for a couple of days, because I'm not used to liking a book that doesn't make me happy, but I found myself really wanting to see how it ended and decided that meant I did like it. The story was told very well and was engaging and felt everything I think the author was intending for me to feel. I didn't really root for any character which is another thing that made me unsure if I liked it or not since I love character driven stories but the characters, while not good people are very interesting.

[m.belljackson · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

ONE STAR less than perfect due to the horror of the dog hangings,I could understand Heathcliff's desire for revenge after the abuse he suffered for so many yearsand could relate to his passion for the love he had lost, but, the dog - NEVER!Ellen (Nelly) is the only likable character:Linton and his sister deserve each other.Heathcliff is filled with hatred, vengeance, jealousy, and remains selfish and just plain mean,as does his Great Love, Catherine who is also a self-indulgent, spiteful, unpredictable, and a hysterical liar.They deserve each other.Despite not connecting with the characters, Wuthering Heights is a wildly engrossing tale,complete, in the 1943 Random House edition, with equally wildly imaginative and evocativewood-cut illustrations by Fritz Eichenberg.

[suesbooks · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

I was disappointed in this classic. I was interested in the book, but the characters were presented as such extremes. This was a horrible love story, not a caring one.

[jms001 · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

Wuthering Heights is the timeless tale of love, revenge, and the inability to just let go. Written by Emily Bronte in the mid 1840s, this was a non-feminine and distasteful work for its time. Nonetheless, it has remained a classic. Being a part of the Gothic genre, it attempts to add some supernatural elements, most of it being pretty much the ghost of Catherine Linton, and it's still up in the air whether it was a ghost, or if Heathcliff merely envisioned her.

In terms of characters, I felt that they were fully fleshed out, for the most part. In most stories, I see each character as having various personality traits, and the levels of some of those traits differ. But Bronte's characters are a bit unbalanced in these personality levels, much like the various characters in some random MMORPG (magic user, speedster, physical giant, etc). But that is the heart of the story. Had Heathcliff not been a vengeful ass that wanted to inflict the most horrid of cruelty on his enemies and their offspring, then we wouldn't have a story, now would we? Now, throw in some other characters who are extremely sickly and die at a young age, two obstinate female characters who go against traditional values, and a foreboding setting. We've got Wuthering Heights.

"I have no pity! I have no pity! The more the worms writhe, the more I yearn to crush out their entrails! It is a moral teething, and I grind with greater energy, in proportion to the increase of pain."-Heathcliff

There is also the issue with prose. If you've ever played the game Telephone, then you'll understand. Everything is written by Lockwood, who is in turn relaying information told by Nelly Dean, who in turn sometimes tells events from other character's perspective, who sometimes might be repeating what others say. The bottom line is, nothing is firsthand. The narrator isn't omniscient, and therefore one can never fully trust the narrator. It's all based on what Nelly thinks of the situation...so it's more like reading a diary. This is something that should be understood when embarking on this reading. Other than that, the language is pretty easy to understand, except for the instances of the Yorkshire accent, which actually may be easier if pronounced out loud.

If you want a classic story that'll keep you guessing about the motives of the protagonist (or antagonist, depending on how you look at it), then this is the one to read. Great story. And, I'll leave with some wise words from Nelly Dean herself:

"'Good words,' I replied. 'But deeds must prove it also; and after he is well, remember you don't forget resolutions formed in the hour of fear.'"

[engpunk77 · Rating: 1 out of 5 stars]

I actually had to read this my first year in college, not high school, but I didn't get what all the hype was. It was a crappy love story, unsatisfying and annoying. I remember hating all of the characters.

[daptolibrary · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

A few of our group were revisiting Wuthering Heights this month, as most had read it in years past, but a classic such as this tends to offer up a little more of itself with each read. Traditionally, the sense of place encompasses most readers of this novel and the isolation and barrenness of the moors sets the dark mood no matter how many times you read it.But our discussion fell mostly on the clear class distinctions and the cruel manner the characters had towards each other. We wondered at the Brontes, their way of life and the amount of biographical content within the book. It was generally agreed that this was a wonderfully written story, even though the dark tone throughout never really let up. The author has written a timeless classic that seems to have survived the generations and still stirs the heart and the mind today. Our group questioned as to whether Wuthering Heights was a love story or a tragedy. The answer is sure to vary with every reader … but which ever you decide, you could never fail to find the truly timeless and enduring appeal of this masterpiece.Monday Night Book Club

[dandelionroots · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

While I get my kicks from vengeance stories (Count of Monte Cristo blew my mind at the extent of his revenge) and can understand Heathcliff's cruelty given society's insistence upon his position/worth in life (and the consequential loss of his soul devouring love), everyone else is so goddamn foolish I feel his pain at being robbed of the joy from their misery - like flies to manure. Bummer when classics ain't all that.

[helenliz_1 · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

What I thought this book would be and what it actually turned out like were quite different. It's not a love story, not in any traditional sense of the term. Heathcliff is no brooding yet romantic hero, he's almost antihero material. I also wasn't expecting the manner in which it was told, as the story told by the housekeeper to the tenant, with some observations of the present breaking up the narrative. It made for a slightly odd story, as at times you knew more about the story than the people in it.I'm not sure I ever really got what made Cathy tick, what made her make some really bad decisions that went on to change the lives of Edgar, Isabella and Heathcliff, as well as her own and had ramifications for the next generation as well. I found her difficult to understand and very difficult to feel very much sympathy for. Heathcliff I had a little more sympathy for, seeing he did have a hard upbringing and he thought he'd lost his true love, but that he should then turn out quite so vindictive and cruel didn't necessarily seem to follow. I also don;t have any truck with blaming your childhood or your parents for your current problems, it fails to hold any water after a while. So while I wanted to know what happened, I can't say I was at all upset that this did not have a happy ending for the older generation, neither really deserved it and both went out of their way to court unhappiness. That the next generation was making changes for the better was more positive, but the route by which that was achieved was, again, somewhat contrived. It all seemed to involve a lot of about faces in attitudes and trying to be something the characters were not. All of which makes it sound like I didn't enjoy it - I did. It was far more enjoyable than I expected it to be, I just can;t say I'd want to sit down and pass the time with any of the characters, except, perhaps, Nelly Dean, she seemed to be the sole voice of reason and stability in the entire tale. She, at least, deserved her happy ending.

[mbmackay · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

The classic Victorian era novel that I have heard described as the best novel ever. I disagree. Powerfully written, and with a vibrancy that explains its good reputation, I found the basic premise puzzling. Great novels seem to throw light on fundamental human values or actions. The actions of the characters in WH seem to defy human nature. The foundling is preferred over the natural son? The heroine marries the neighbour in order to "help" her true love, Heathcliffe? The second generation marry because Heathcliffe forces them to do so? My problem is not to do with the darkness of the characters and their actions, it is that their actions and motivations defy human nature. People do bad things for more explicable reasons than are given here. So, good book, well worth reading, well worth much of its reputation, but this is not Austen or Trollope. Read October 2011.

[gingerbreadman_1 · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

I admit it. This was a very step-motherly way to treat one of the great classics, and I’m kind of happy this was a re-read. Trying to read it while working insane hours to create some peace around the arrival of our second child, writing long into the night and crawling into bed, more often than not falling asleep before finishing even a single page of Brontë. It doesn’t help that the novel is actually kind of complicated in it’s structure, despite having a small cast. The criss-crossing and moving between the two houses, the similar names…well, it didn’t help me keeping the narrative straight. But then what happens is that the power of this dirty, grim and rough novel cuts through all my bad prerequisites, and I get caught up in it once again. There’s really almost nothing pleasant going on in it at all. It’s just full of loneliness, rudeness and silent desperation. Brontë really doesn’t make it easy for the reader with this cast of hypocrites, drunkards and dog stranglers – a very odd setup for a love story. Even the positions themselves stay strangely static, in a way that feels very modern. There’s no real arc here, just a kind of meditation on this peculiar, destructive sort of love. And yet I find myself caring. All set against a background that is both grand – the moor! – and claustrophobic – two isolated houses and a small path between them.It really is a special novel this, and it’s easy to see the hordes of other works inspired by it. I’m happy I revisited Brontë’s windswept highland, and I guess I’ll go there again some day.

[simonea_533972 · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

I really like this dark story about an impossible and passionate love. I actually like that both main characters are very flawed, because it makes them human. I was very pleased with the ending, because there is some sort of redemption for love.p.s. If you are interested in a movie adaptation, I highly recommend the 2009 mini-series with Tom Hardy. I thought it was beautifully adapted!

[katie_h_11 · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

Oh boy. I have no idea where the love for this angsty novel comes from. I'm glad that I waited until adulthood to read it, because I know I wouldn't have given it half a chance in high school. The classic story tells the tale of Heathcliff, an unfortunate orphan who is adopted by Catherine's family. He and Catherine fall in love, and their forbidden love is doomed from the start, darkening Heathcliff's heart, and leading him to hatefully seek revenge on her entire family. NONE of these characters are loveable, and I would argue that none of them are even likeable. Heathcliff is a nightmarish beast and Catherine is petty and selfish. Their flaws are so numerous that it was impossible for me to get emotionally invested in any of the characters. This is supposed to be a classic love story, but where is the love? Where is the kindness? The patience? The sharing and caring? OK, so I've read this "masterpiece" once, and I'm glad I did, due to the many Heathcliff/Catherine references in pop culture, but now that the last page is turned, I'm glad to be rid of these people.

[kerilynned · Rating: 1 out of 5 stars]

I am SO glad that most authors do not write in this style anymore. I only read this book because I am completing a reading challenge and I had to read a classic romance. I had tried reading book from this time period before and I didn't enjoy them so I knew this was going to be a difficult one for me. So many of the characters are overly dramatic and make horrible decisions. There were numerous times I wanted to throw my book out the window because the characters were just plain stupid. There was not one character I could relate to or even like. I was SO excited when I was finished with this book so that I could move on to another. It just solidified the fact that this style of book is not my cup of tea.

[santhony_35 · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

For Christmas, I ordered an mp3 player (Library of Classics) that was pre-loaded with 100 works of classic literature in an audio format. Each work is in the public domain and is read by amateurs, so the quality of the presentation is hit or miss. This Victorian classic, written by Emily Bronte, is engaging and enjoyable for about the first two-thirds of the novel. At the point where young Lynton Heathcliff arrives at the Grange, however, the story devolves into virtually non-stop mewling, whining and puerile dialogue. The repetition becomes so annoying that had I been able to fast forward to its conclusion, I would have done so. It is a shame that such a well-regarded piece of classic literature contains such an off-putting segment of text. Otherwise, the story contains a collection of very well developed characters with a captivating story arc that proceeds nicely up to the point of young Lynton’s arrival, at which point it grinds to a halt.

[kr_patterson · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

I liked it. Sometimes depressing but I found the human relationships and interactions very intriguing.

[asha.leu · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

At the back of my copy of 'Wuthering' Heights, above the blurb, it is described as "One of the greatest love stories ever told." On the front cover is a giant white flower (or lily... I, er, don't really know much about flowers) floating down a dark, shadowy staircase, and the tagline "Love Never Dies..." I went into this book expecting the 1800s equivalent of a supernatural romance, something akin to a dark, tragic, melodramatic 'Pride and Preduce' meets the movie 'Ghost'. I can't say I was disappointed with what I actually ended up reading, but I would hesitate to even call this a love story, let alone "one of the greatest love stories ever told." If so, is whose love story is it? Catherine and Heathcliff's? Catherine and Edgar's? Cathy and Linton's? Cathy and Hareton's? The back cover blurb suggests it is intended to be that of Catherine and Heathcliff, in a tragic 'Romeo and Juliet'-esque star-crossed-lovers fashion. And sure, their doomed romance does drive the first third or so of the book, and is the catalyst for many events to follow, but when A) one half of that unrequited union is a truly awful human being and B) there are several other examples of genuinely sweet, healthy romantic entanglements, one can't help thinking that Cathy was quite lucky to have never ended up with her psychopathic crush, and that Heathcliff deserved every inch of the shitty hand he was dealt.This isn't a criticism of the book itself, simply the odd reputation it seems to have gathered in the century and a half since it was published. This is no more of a romance than your average episode of Law & Order: SVU is a romance (I'm using the modern connotation of "romance" here, I will add), and that isn't actually a bad thing: Emily Brontë's story is considerably more interesting than a straight love story would have been. 'Wuthering Heights' is, at it's heart, a tale of jealousy and vengeance and hated, and the damage it wrecks on a person's psyche and on everyone around them, and while love, particularly of the unrequited variety, is a significant element of the story, this is not a love story.Likewise, I dispute any interpretation of Heathcliff as a "tortured hero", even a "byronic anti-hero", as Wikipedia describes him . He is the villian of the story, pure and simple. As a child and teenager, certainly, he seems a fundamentally good if deeply troubled person, and it's easy to sympathize with him and his poor treatment by Hindley Earnshaw, and to understand his desire for vengeance. By the time he has reached adulthood, and especially once Cathy dies, Heathcliff has become a complete psychopath. He shows shreds of humanity here and there, even a few signs of remorse for his increasingly horrible actions, but he is still, unambiguously, the bad guy of this story, one who takes out his grudges against Hindley and Edgar Linton (the former grudge is completely justified, the latter less so - Edgar seems like a altogether decent guy who made the mistake of marrying Heathcliff's woman) on a succession of entirely innocent individuals, including the daughter of the woman he loved and his own son! Early on in the book, I rooted for Heathcliff and wanted to see him get one over arrogant snobs like Hindley. By the halfway point, I pitied poor, mad Hindley and his truly unlucky son Hareton, and had grown to loathe Heathcliff. By the end, I just wanted to see Nelly violently murder the awful sociopath. For a book written over 150 years ago, 'Wuthering Heights' is surprisingly readable tome, the one exception being the incomprehensible babbling of the servant Joseph, whose impenetrable accent (written phonetically, like a blind-drunk Hagrid with a speech impediment) I initially attempted to decipher, and soon learnt to just skip entirely. Otherwise, this a compelling, often heart-breaking piece of 19th century fiction that is still powerful so many decades later. And while this is generally a depressing and tragic story, it ends on a lighter and happier note which is genuinely affecting after so much suffering.Unrequited love sucks. I've certainly experienced that particular variety of misery. I assume that most people have at one point in their lives or another. Most of us have managed to avoid avoid multi-generational roaring rampages of vengeance on everyone remotely connected to said lost love. This again is not in any way a criticism of Brontë's writing or characterisation, rather the subsequent interpretation of Heathcliff as some form of tragic anti-hero and the male half of "one of the greatest love stories ever told." He's the truly hateable antagonist of a grim, sad, gothic melodrama and 'Wuthering Heights' is all the better for it.

[enian0313 · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

Wuthering Heights is the only novel by Emily Brontë, one of the gifted Brontë sisters in the history of English literature in the early 19th century. It's the story of a forbidden love between Catherine Earnshaw from a wealthy family and Heathcliff, an outcast adopted by Catherine's father but ill-treated and badly abused by Hindley, Catherine's brother after old Mr. Earnshaw died. The forbidden love led Catherine Earnshaw to marry Edgar Linton and Heathcliff to marry Edgar's sister Isabella Linton; the abuse led Heathcliff to behave with dark heart and iron hands that made him the owner of the fortunes of both the Earnshaw and the Linton's; the unresolved passion eventually destoryed them, Hindley, Edgar and Isabella, and Heathcliff's own son with Isabella. The unexpected twists and turns in this novel makes it a captivating and engaging read for me. This is a classic English novel worth reading.

[caitak_1 · Rating: 2 out of 5 stars]

Not sure whether or not I liked this one.None of the main characters were very likeable - the only one I felt really sorry for was Hareton.The narration jumped around a bit and confused me at times.Liked the use of Yorkshire dialect for some of the characters - even if it was difficult at times.Will reread for literature course next year.

[eheinlen_1 · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

I tried to read this yesterday. I've tried to read it before. The characters just don't jump out at me like I'd like them to and I gave up after 10 or so pages.

[thethirdheights · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

Not to say that this book wasn't more than a little difficult to "break" into, when I finally was pulled in, I went on an emotional roller coaster! I felt connected to the characters and my emotions drove my enjoyment down to the last scene. It may sound cliche or corny. I hated some of the characters, but at the same time I couldn't stop reading. It was a good kind of loathing, if you know what I mean.

[sturlington_1 · Rating: 2 out of 5 stars]

It took me a long time to get around to reading Wuthering Heights, and I have to admit, it was a slog. It’s not that I have anything against novels from that time period; I count Jane Eyre and the works of Jane Austen among my favorite books. But Wuthering Heights did not live up to its reputation. The characters were universally unlikeable and unsympathetic. The story was meandering and ultimately unfulfilling. And the “love story” – more of a story of unreasonable obsession – did not move me. So count me among the few who did not fall in love with this novel.

[kissmeimgone · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

This book took a bit longer than I had hoped to get into due to the old fashioned writing of its time. However, once I started truly getting into the plot of the story, I found it hard to put down. Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte, is a tale of a love that never dies. Catherine Earnshaw makes a fatal decision to marry not out of love, but out of want for money and leaves her soul mate and childmate Heathcliff in the dust. Upon trying to renew their love while being married, Catherine finally dies of a broken heart, realizing she made the wrong choice so long ago and had no way of fixing that. I defintley recommend this book to those who so strongly believe in love still being alive long after the person whom they have loved has died.