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"Not what I expected when so many people swoon over this book. Heathcliffs love was so strong and yet poisonous, it was sad how all the characters endured in such hardships and emotions. I’m glad to have read the book but doubtful I’ll come back to..." Permalink

"What a smoking rubbish heap of a novel. An unending series of quarrels, tantrums, weepings, foul moods, madness and illnesses, perpetrated by miserable, bent-sideways sour souls. Told in mind-numbing whale-length speeches and presented in an often..." Permalink

"Wonderful beginning, great story until the last quarter, then I was slammed to the ground wondering if someone had glued the last pages to a different book into my book! I had to read the other comments on this website to see if i was alone in my ..." Permalink

"This was a terribly disappointing book. While I enjoyed the peek into life in the colonies in the 1660's, it seems the author could not decide to tell Bethia's story or Caleb's. The plot details Bethia's life in detail from age 12 to 20 or so and ..." Permalink