You’re killing me every time you say “Withering”😭😭😭
@iestynovich
8 ай бұрын
Except he's not making a joke, he's getting it wrong. lol
@aml3668
8 ай бұрын
Its greatest fans are people who have read two or maybe three classics, one of the others always being To Kill A Mocking Bird. Jane Eyre is “too long.”
@junpi8562
8 ай бұрын
Alternate title - a wuthering review of withering heights
@eloiseortega
8 ай бұрын
“I still don’t care because it was annoying to read” is exactly how I feel about the entirety of this book. I get what she’s doing, I understand why people like it as a character study on trauma and relationships. but holy hell was it annoying.
@Tolstoy111
8 ай бұрын
You didn't think it was really well crafted and "stage managed"? Every single element of the plot is perfectly engineered within the larger structure. And the emotional whirlwind among despicable characters - no attempt made to placate the reader with solace. There really is no other novel like it.
@eloiseortega
8 ай бұрын
yes totally. i think objectively it’s a great book, and i’ve read many good books with characters I greatly disliked. but there’s something about this book that leaves me feeling so annoyed that it hinders my ability to appreciate it.
@hamdia2259
7 ай бұрын
babes, where have you gone??? the fans miss you😭
@cs0p
5 ай бұрын
i got stuck in traffic!!
@katesto9841
7 ай бұрын
Come back, Charles, your fans miss you 😞
@starlight-ki6fr
8 ай бұрын
I feel like Wuthering Heights is the kind of book you need to read at a certain time in your life to truly revel in the angst and melodrama. For me that was during my teenage years. I was a huge fan of the Twilight books and The Flowers in the Attic series and my idea of great television at the time was Desperate Housewives😅. Wuthering Heights was the first classic novel that I found fun to read and it fed my angsty teenage soul. I finished the book in 3 days and processed to immediately re-read it because I was not ready to leave Heathcliff and Kathy's toxic relationship and family drama behind. I haven't read the novel since and I dont think I want to because thinking about the novel makes me feel nostalgic about my teenage self and also I'm not sure my adult self would have the patience for all that unnecessary angst and melodrama 😂
@puppy2haley
8 ай бұрын
Agree… read WH in school because it was required / MANY YEARS AGO. (Although glad I did read it so I’m in sync with Charles’s review.) you must be my daughters age……… I read the Twilight Series with my daughter when she was in her late JR high to high school days. Really enjoyed them. 👍
@deactivateduser9816
8 ай бұрын
3 days??? Omg 😭
@BookLover19
7 ай бұрын
I hope you’re ok, Charles 🤍
@cs0p
5 ай бұрын
i am ;)
@deardiaryakatheinternet
7 ай бұрын
why did u fall off the earth queen
@cs0p
5 ай бұрын
im here and im listening, but you need to lower your voice.
@emilyjones1
8 ай бұрын
the slander is unforgivable- love you, loathe this opinion
@sarahhouam5290
8 ай бұрын
Same 😭😭😭
@saraloveslfc
6 ай бұрын
we miss you king ❤
@cs0p
5 ай бұрын
i MISS YO U MORE
@holiromi
6 ай бұрын
Charles, i hope you're okay!
@cs0p
5 ай бұрын
thank you baby
@5spells
8 ай бұрын
charles, is it me or everytime someone recommends you a book or the book community hypes up a book, you end up hating it 😟 (i trust your hatred)
@bamboomancha6404
8 ай бұрын
This channel is my new drug
@juli3836
8 ай бұрын
you either love it or hate it. i personally adore it so much i've read it 4 times, truly one in a million
@Onemorething68
7 ай бұрын
Come back... It's been almost a month
@cs0p
5 ай бұрын
dont tell me what to do!!
@Wout.vlmnck
7 ай бұрын
I just love you and your video's so much. I hope you're okay and that you're just taking a little break from YT to read some amazing books just for your own pleasure. We miss you and will welcome you with open arms whenever you feel like uploading a new video. Take all the time u need. (Or am I being melodramatic for being worried after only a month? Idk I just hope you're okay.)
@gabrielamanolache9365
6 ай бұрын
miss you
@cs0p
5 ай бұрын
no i miss you
@Onemorething68
7 ай бұрын
We don't know your accounts on Instagram and Twitter "I'll always call it Twitter, btw" You're mysterious as hell, you must be scorpio
@cs0p
5 ай бұрын
i have to keep my fans wanting more
@beli9605
6 ай бұрын
Come back pookie 😢
@cs0p
5 ай бұрын
fine 🙄
@thelefthandedreader6632
8 ай бұрын
Ooooh. This is so interesting. While I love Charlotte Bronte’s Jane Eyre, I’ve hesitated to read this one by one of the other Bronte’s. Maybe this is because Jane Eyre manages to accomplish SO many moods without feeling like it’s trying very hard. And, omg does Tolstoy do humor well. Somehow he finds ways to insert humor into War & Peace! I love a book discussion video with passages used as examples and with HUMOR. You do this so well. 😊.
@eliseoc
6 ай бұрын
charles come home we miss u hope all is well
@cs0p
5 ай бұрын
im OTW OTW OTW hope youre doing good too ;)
@eliseoc
5 ай бұрын
@@cs0p i hear the angels singing 😭😭
@alanaestelle2076
8 ай бұрын
Yaaaaaaas! YAS! YAAAAAAS! This one I also felt is overhyped. And it is clunky on its structure at times and it can be confusing on the first read.
@daintyfisherman602
8 ай бұрын
I respect your wrong opinion
@tannerv259
6 ай бұрын
Missing you pookie 😘
@cs0p
5 ай бұрын
good.
@yourfavdeadpoet
6 ай бұрын
dude- you still alive?
@cs0p
5 ай бұрын
id say so
@ajiyasajjad3032
6 ай бұрын
Come back please we miss you 😢
@cs0p
5 ай бұрын
baby i just might
@Iluvvbooks
6 ай бұрын
Where r u
@cs0p
5 ай бұрын
like my addresS?
@yas_ione
8 ай бұрын
No this is my favourite book! I love the melodrama! And the setting is my favourite part, the Yorkshire moors are such a magical place! And the Kate Bush song is amazing!
@Bella-pu8tv
8 ай бұрын
real for this. jane eyre it's SOOOO much better
@Tolstoy111
8 ай бұрын
They are just completely different.
@opedrosantos_
8 ай бұрын
oh, we’re in for a treat (you truly are the gift that keeps on giving!)
@mitalishinde6890
8 ай бұрын
* goes to Goodreads, removes Wuthering heights from tbr * ( thank you for saving me a headache )
@dianaisme
8 ай бұрын
Idk if you remember I told you, I was going to buy less books but I bought one.... Because I've seen you talk about it, buuuut I love it so much so far 👌
@bea2763
8 ай бұрын
this is so funny to me cuz wuthering heights is my fav book ever
@beckymcdonald9529
8 ай бұрын
Why though?
@LillyTVLPS
7 ай бұрын
come back… are you okay?!
@cs0p
5 ай бұрын
im as sexy as ever ;)
@LillyTVLPS
8 ай бұрын
i’m loving this consistency charle!
@luxeatlas
6 ай бұрын
WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN
@cs0p
5 ай бұрын
hiding from you.
@morgannerose7856
8 ай бұрын
NO NO NO I LOVE WUTHERING HEIGHTS WHYYYYY (its okay i still love you)
@brandedfishball
8 ай бұрын
you owning multiple copies is so real because i also have two copies because they are ALWAYS at thrift stores and they look absolutely gorgeous. no i haven't read them yet
@brandedfishball
6 ай бұрын
back for a rewatch!!!!
@the_eerie_faerie_tales
5 ай бұрын
life just isn't the same without Sassy Charles!
@cs0p
5 ай бұрын
or without your sweet azz comments ;)
@DimitrisLian
8 ай бұрын
I wanted you to show us all five of your copies. :) I didn't like it either! I was not impressed even by that famously gothic scene of Heathcliff, the Byronic (anti)hero, digging up Catherine's tomb at night. I was sucked into reading it because of Dante Gabriel Rossetti's famous quote for the novel: "The action takes place in Hell, only it seems places and people have English names there." (indeed all characters are demonically bad!) What really baffled me - as a non native English reader - was this old male servant Joseph chatting for pages and pages in some oral Northern English idiom of 175 years ago. My God, I understood nothing! I see none of your editions had his parts explained either and that neither you, an American, got him either. Damn...
@felicityyoon2612
8 ай бұрын
What a coincidence, I am now reading wuthering heights and have been watching all the reviews of it. Then you've posted 😊 agreed with almost every point.
@SuriyaLinhStudios
Ай бұрын
When this first came out I unsubscribed because I was riding wuthering heights THAT HARD. but now that I’ve read more books I have more perspective and realize that novel had SO many flaws 😒😒
@cs0p
Ай бұрын
HAHAH the wuthering heights ride or die fans are kinda awesome
@xlin1524
28 күн бұрын
This book didn't try to please people, it's just like the moore, which won't treat people's heart gently.
@cs0p
28 күн бұрын
that gave me chills😳
@ena4767
8 ай бұрын
We missed you where are u?😢
@BookLover19
7 ай бұрын
I’m wondering too. Charles, I hope you’re ok. We miss you ❤
@cs0p
5 ай бұрын
IM OTW
@stephaniedelafontaine
7 күн бұрын
in short, wuthering heights isn't a tragedy but a comedy.
@cs0p
5 күн бұрын
exactly.
@aml3668
8 ай бұрын
The Good Soldier by Ford Madox Ford is supposed to be a great 20th century classic, but I can’t see this at all. It grates on me like no other classic I’ve ever read, or tried to read. The characters might as well be lemmings. Lemmings who talk too much and take far too long to get to the cliff.
@AbbyElizabeth
8 ай бұрын
bruh. I haven't even started yet but what the heck. I hated the book at the beginning but ended up LOVING it by the end.
@Clubsandwichchav
8 ай бұрын
You are so real for this.
@chuucake
8 ай бұрын
omg charles it's my first book of the year.. literally purchased it yesterday
@jellybuns5041
7 ай бұрын
I’m so happy I found your channel
@cs0p
5 ай бұрын
im happy you found it more
@pickyourpopculturepoison
8 ай бұрын
Aw, I love this book.
@the_eerie_faerie_tales
8 ай бұрын
I had bought the cute Woodsworth Clothbound edition. Tried reading it a little bit... hated it. I was so bored! How do so many people hype up this book? Ok maybe I'm not fully qualified to judge since I DNFd it - but still... I don't get it.
@the_eerie_faerie_tales
8 ай бұрын
this phone won't let me edit my comments since the YT update so adding here: Oh yeah, the book was annoying too. Glad I unhauled it. Going in my pango shop once I get it set up.
@Turtlebochkinns
8 ай бұрын
now wuthering heights fans understand how i feel when you talk about cormac mccarthy pffft ☠️
@ajiyasajjad3032
6 ай бұрын
You're so coool 😭😭😭
@cs0p
5 ай бұрын
good to see you here 🥳
@brokendoorknob3448
8 ай бұрын
btw you should read BIOGRAPHY OF X by Catherine Lacey (or any of her books if you havent already)! it's amazing and i think you'd like it
@cs0p
5 ай бұрын
i will check it out!
@musingsunfiltered
5 ай бұрын
Great book! He’d love it for sure
@janehex
8 ай бұрын
AGREED 💯
@puppy2haley
8 ай бұрын
Wellllll, you didn’t like Dracula (I’ve never read it but another guy in UK I listen to his reviews & he loved it) …… This was great review on WH’s. I was required to read it in High School, ages ago, & once was enough for me BUT am glad I read it so I can keep up with you on this review. I’m sure I’ll get a big eye roll if I ask you “Have you ever read The Witching Hour by Anne Rice?? “ 🤣 Back in the day, way before you were born, she was my fav author next to S King. Now I’m into the good ole crime drama Tami Hoag / Iris J / always have loved Dan Brown books. And going to start Donna’s book this evening after we check on our farm animals. … near spit my coffee out as I was laughing so hard when you said you don’t like muddy farms!! 😆Today it’s icy farms. 😆
@jaxrushing3314
5 ай бұрын
Pls hurry home. We’re growing rather hungry
@cs0p
5 ай бұрын
IM HOME DARLING
@the_eerie_faerie_tales
8 ай бұрын
I honestly wonder if people truly like this book, or if they're just trying to sound cool or smart. I mean, people can like what they want and we all like different things, and if they truly do, good for them no hate from me, but if this book in particular I am skeptical. (insert side-eye)
@the_eerie_faerie_tales
8 ай бұрын
*of not if ... dammit.
@ellyt3429
8 ай бұрын
in response to ur "tell me a classic you hate" -- animal farm. always have + always will 😔 i get it. i studied it. i know it's all an allegory + was very significant + etc etc but i just, ummm, don't care !! bc it sucked !! the writing was BAD! the story was BAD! everything was way too on the nose! as a historical document? interesting commentary + insights, i guess but as a book? 😬😬😬 [if u read this and love animal farm pls take my rant with a touch of jest. i know it's an important book, but out of all the books i've read + studied in depth, it's my least favourite]
@matthews832
8 ай бұрын
Listen Josh... if you're stuck in a window again
@cs0p
5 ай бұрын
im stuck in a doggie door this time
@DimitrisLian
7 ай бұрын
Charles, are you alright, man? 40 long days without a new vid? I hope you're reading for yourself and not for KZitem but please share anything with us in the Community.
@cs0p
5 ай бұрын
im back and im sexy and ill be seeing you sooner than you think....
@DimitrisLian
5 ай бұрын
@@cs0p OMG! Charles. ❤🩹 Praise the Lord!
@CorvusCorvidae777
6 ай бұрын
Damn, almost 2 months without posting a video? I'm having withdrawal symptoms. I hope you're doing ok Charles.
@zammynx
6 ай бұрын
same keep coming back to check if his back, i miss the iconic eye rolls
@the_eerie_faerie_tales
5 ай бұрын
@@zammynxyou'll lose count trying to count all the different faces he makes 🤭
@cs0p
5 ай бұрын
jesus baby dont be so dramatic, just smoke a cig
@CorvusCorvidae777
5 ай бұрын
@@cs0p Sorry, I’m always dramatic af.
@zammynx
5 ай бұрын
@@cs0pbest thing to happen to me today
@Amit-HDD
7 ай бұрын
Charles, I hope you're doing well. You haven't posted a video in over a month & I along with other viewers are concerned about your well being. Even if you don't want to post videos just share a community post.
@cs0p
5 ай бұрын
your concern flatters me i am OTW
@blueyeshadow2738
8 ай бұрын
As someone who knew before going in that there’s pretty much no likeable characters, it’s not a romance and pretty much everything is miserable I liked it for the simple fact that I like reading about awful people
@cassandraclavesaint
8 ай бұрын
i loved hating them all 😂 and that's why i love the book
@maartje1811
7 ай бұрын
Hiiiiiiiiii. Hope you are doing well. ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
@cs0p
5 ай бұрын
baby i am and i will see you soon.
@janehex
8 ай бұрын
And furthermore, CONGRATS ON 20,000 SUBSCRIBERS, GORGEOUS! 🥂
@Courtney6
6 ай бұрын
Send us a sign of life please.
@Wout.vlmnck
6 ай бұрын
I'm literally so worried. 😫
@cs0p
5 ай бұрын
would a sweet little kiss on the cheek work?
@Courtney6
5 ай бұрын
@@cs0ppucker up
@Wout.vlmnck
6 ай бұрын
We're going to starve without you making us your special soup. I really miss you. I REALLY hope you're okay. ❤️
@cs0p
5 ай бұрын
i just made u some soup..u otw??
@Wout.vlmnck
5 ай бұрын
@@cs0p Damn right I'm on my way. Been thinking and worrying about you every single day, I'm not kidding. 😫 So happy you're (alive and) here! 💓
@gusarapii
8 ай бұрын
My whole bookclub (me and my local bookshop owner) hated this book when we read it... i literally don´t understand how people call it romantic
@bad-girlbex3791
8 ай бұрын
It is Romantic because it was written during the Romantic period. It didn't just spearhead and help codify the Romantic genre, it also features most all of the themes, tropes, and motifs of the post-enlightenment era. That a bookseller was completely oblivious to this fact is both concerning and depressing in equal measure.
@gusarapii
8 ай бұрын
@@bad-girlbex3791 I meant people who actually like the couple (which there are a lot) and who say that the couple is the reason they like the book
@bad-girlbex3791
8 ай бұрын
@@gusarapii So you DO know why it's referred to as being Romantic then???
@gusarapii
8 ай бұрын
@@bad-girlbex3791 i know when people refer to it as romantic regarding the artistic movement but people call it romantic as if the couple itself is cute/ something they want
@torichantel7446
8 ай бұрын
i can’t believe this, sending h*te
@luciajimenezaunion5067
8 ай бұрын
i spent a total of 5 days trying to figure out who were all the characters and i gave up at page 10. Not even the family map that was in the book helped me figure out.
@gunjan8050
6 ай бұрын
bro
@cs0p
5 ай бұрын
im trying to take a nap whats up
@BookLover19
8 ай бұрын
I read WH as an angsty teen and absolutely loved it. It was the most moving, intense book I’d ever read and to this day, I’ve never read anything like it. I respect your opinion and it seems to be a very polarising work anyway - you either love it or hate it; nothing in between, lol. I was going to re-read it this year, two decades after I read it for the first time, but your review has scared me, Charles 😂 I’m worried that reading it as an adult will be a different experience and may tarnish my love for it 😂 Although it really is my vibe; I love bleak, depressing books 😅 I think I’ll hold off on the re-read for now and continue to bask in my love for it 😌😅
@markolepotan
6 ай бұрын
Hope you’re doing well!! Really miss your videos!!! 🙏🏻💖
@cs0p
5 ай бұрын
you wont have to be missing them for too much longer ;)
@markolepotan
5 ай бұрын
@@cs0p I was literally just thinking about you and wondering how you are. Very excited about the new content and about hearing your thoughts on books and life 💖
@morgannerose7856
8 ай бұрын
the “nelly i AM heathcliff” paragraph lives rent free in my mind
@andreluissoriano
8 ай бұрын
Oh no. We disagree on this :( Before last year ended I read one book of each Bronte sister. (Jane Eyre, WH, and Tenant). WH is just superior. Sad it didn’t work for you.
@jennymcevoy8961
8 ай бұрын
Josh it's WUTH not WITHERING 🥰
@phyycxis1159
6 ай бұрын
we miss you! hope you are well 🤍
@cs0p
5 ай бұрын
@orsino88
8 ай бұрын
Very many of the works acclaimed as great romances are…not. Romeo & Juliet: disaster all around. Ditto Anna Karenina. I think this book is important, but it is not for everyone. It’s important because of its masterful but tricky play with timelines, narrators, and repeated names and repeated patterns. And it is important because it is so very unlike books written by women up to that moment, and long after (there were many many novels written by women-just not like hers).
@thedustdevil
8 ай бұрын
INDEED!!!
@exteriorarchives
8 ай бұрын
i absolutely despise this book. this was my Goodreads review for it "it took this book 22 chapters to become mildly interesting . tbh only reason i read it was for my a level. literature equivalent of a plain chicken breast. slightly burnt, little bit of charcoal on the bottom but its like soggy inside. and has that weird chicken residue thats hhow much i hated reaidng this book"
@maricarlabarreto303
7 ай бұрын
Where are you, my friend? We miss you
@cs0p
5 ай бұрын
Ive been here waiting for you baby
@earthjay
6 ай бұрын
Hope you are doing okay Charles!!
@cs0p
5 ай бұрын
im good and i hope youre doing even better ;)
@earthjay
5 ай бұрын
@@cs0p I'm sooo happy you're back!!!! :)
@derogaytoree
8 ай бұрын
omg your first controversy 💪😍
@ChorltonOutlaw
7 ай бұрын
Come back - there was so much content then nothing, i should have appreciated December/January more
@cs0p
5 ай бұрын
on the way...;)
@valerieosborne5285
2 ай бұрын
I also hate Wuthering Heights, but Brontë was def not going for realism. Realism was not yet a popular art movement at the time of the novel’s writing. WH is a gothic novel heavily influenced by romanticism. It’s meant to be heavily emotional and dramatic. The melodrama is kinda the point. Edit: And this is also partly why the characters feel like caricatures…this is another characteristic of romanticism. Heathcliff is written to be a Byronic Hero.
@babooning
7 ай бұрын
charles come back home babe the kids miss you 😔
@cs0p
5 ай бұрын
i thought i told you im not gonna raise those rats with you
@bookofdust
8 ай бұрын
Is all down hill after you listen to the Kate Bush song.
@charlieiscorrect2856
8 ай бұрын
The way I paid 27$ at B&N for this book (the hardcover is so pretty) , read 15 pages and never picked it up again lol. Somehow you hating it makes me want to go read it..
@lavendergirl7728
8 ай бұрын
Hi, just want to say I love your videos. You're so cute and interesting! Would love to hear your thoughts on everything, not just books, but thanks for all you do. You are awesome
@cs0p
5 ай бұрын
you might just get exactly what youre asking for ;)
@CharlesHeathcote
8 ай бұрын
I have read/listened to this book half a dozen times now trying to figure out why people like it. It's heartening that there are others out there who dislike Wuthering Heights, because I've truly never understood why it has been lauded above others for so long. Also appreciate how in-depth you went with this review.
@puppy2haley
8 ай бұрын
This makes no sense……I mean why would you listen or read this a dozen times if you didn’t like it??? Now I’m just being curious as to why? NOT hateful.
@CharlesHeathcote
8 ай бұрын
@@puppy2haley Oh no, it was only six times. A few were back in my school days, as it was a text we had to examine for English Literature so when I left school, I chose to re-read in case the reason I hadn’t liked it was simply because it was something we’d had to pick apart and write essays on. I tried the audiobook with the Patricia Routledge narration for she is amazing, but alas, alack and all that she couldn’t save the book for me. Unfortunately, I was never going to be the reader Wuthering Heights required.
@matthews832
8 ай бұрын
Whenever someone raves about a book I find that it's never as amazing as they've built it up to be. It's partially why I enjoy participating in book clubs. Sometimes other people have a totally different perspective and I realize that they're possibly mentally ill and not to ever listen to their book recommendations again.
@cindyo6298
8 ай бұрын
not possibly mentally ill 🤣
@shana1598
8 ай бұрын
finally someone said it!
@rainclouds-xt7ez
7 ай бұрын
come back to youtube 😟🔪
@cs0p
5 ай бұрын
click your heels three times and i will
@rainclouds-xt7ez
5 ай бұрын
@@cs0p click click click
@janehex
8 ай бұрын
Oh God the setting.... The moooors, the ✨moors✨ enough about the GODDAMN moors already jesus
@cassandraclavesaint
8 ай бұрын
i love wuthering heights because i couldn't stand any of the characters Emily did everything so well for me to hate them. And maybe she hated them too 😂😂
@dianaisme
8 ай бұрын
I haven't read Wuthering Heights but maybe now I won't
@lightscamerasashley.
8 ай бұрын
idc how many times you referred to the novel as "withering heights" ...you're a modern day icon, baby. 💗
@cs0p
5 ай бұрын
🤭🫶
@maricarlabarreto303
8 ай бұрын
You did not
@NikoN-xw6xy
8 ай бұрын
Finally someone else agrees with me that wuthering heights is bad. I never understood why ppl liked it at all. I mainly hated heathcliff the most too because he is abusive but whats crazy to me is that readers who love this work justifies or tries to justify his actions because he was bullied as a kid, and also I hate animal abusers as well which is what he does. He even abuses his own child and lets him die because the child’s name is the name of someone he hates too. Right now I’m reading the Tenant of Wildfell hall by Ann Bronte and ironically I think it’s better. I even found myself chuckling at Ann’s wit with the characters vs Emily’s.
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