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**2015 Reading Challenge W/Josh: #2 A Classic Romance**
I enjoyed this book more than I thought I would. I'm glad I finally read it. ...more
I enjoyed this book more than I thought I would. I'm glad I finally read it. ...more

Thank goodness I am done. I don't understand the point of this tale. The characters are unlikable, whiney, jealous brats. Even the adults! The only possible likable character was the housekeeper and that's just because the rest were so awful.
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It's confusing, depressing, weird, boring, and I really don't see the romance. I mean, Cathy haunting Heathcliff could be seen as romantic, but he was an a-hole, and she wasn't much better, besides, she died, so... i suppose it's the Gothic theme of a dark vortex of Heathcliff and his obsession with Cathy sucking in all life and light around him...
Frankly, the mere detail that Stephenie Meyer referred to this book in Twilight should say all anyone needs to know about both that book and this. :- ...more
Frankly, the mere detail that Stephenie Meyer referred to this book in Twilight should say all anyone needs to know about both that book and this. :- ...more


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