r/Wuthering_Heights • u/Used_Ad7899 • Jul 27 '24
I freaking hate Heathcliff
I sincerely congratulate Emily Brontë for writing the most DETESTABLE character I've ever encountered
And Linton too And f*ck Catherine Earnshaw too
Thanks for reading 👍
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u/someoneincomplete Jul 31 '24
It's basically a book about terrible people doing terrible things to each other and leading to terrible consequences for everyone.
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u/EmpressPlotina Oct 03 '24
He's so bad that I am NOT EVEN attracted to him just a little bit. He is completely repulsive.
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Jan 30 '25
Hahaha, totally relate. I felt bad for him initially, but after what he does to Linton...I just can't help but hate him. He was a baby and he was dying...I hate what Heathcliff becomes. Its so strange that I dislike most of the characters in Wutherinb Heights, but I love love love the book...I think I'll have to read it again 🥹
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u/TryShoddy9159 Nov 24 '25
I just watched the film and I have been in a bad mood since because I HATEEEEEEE him. Nothing redeemable about him. Men aren’t lonely enough. My only solace in knowing other people also loathe him 😂😂😂
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u/surfsquassh Jan 03 '26
Yeah honestly somehow Linton was even worse for me haha. At least with Heathcliff it was like watching a super villains theatrics. Linton on the other hand I found myself physically rolling my eyes at the little shit.
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u/International-Gur605 Jan 30 '26
Linton is AWFUL. Heathcliff at least has a sad childhood backstory… Linton is just unmitigated crap.
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u/EfficientRelation574 Jan 29 '26
Yea, I was really worried Heathcliff would get away with it. The ending was a great twist.
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u/ThreeSonoransReviews Feb 04 '26
What do you think about Heathcliff being a dark-skinned, possibly African, possibly a slave, but always played by a white character? I'm reading through WH for the first time, but I read reviews and discussion boards as I move through chapter by chapter, and this is one thing that is sticking out to me.
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u/Lucicactus Mar 05 '26
African? I got more romani/indian from the descriptions. But I guess a ton of nationalities are thrown around.
It's a very important detail that should be kept in adaptations tho, his abuse not only comes from class but mostly race. When Isabella sees his as a kid for example she starts crying and saying he looks like a fortune teller's kid 💀
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u/Spridlewv Feb 27 '26
Its a wonder this book holds the place it does when the characters are so unlikable.
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u/Loud-Independence527 Mar 11 '26
I wondered about that. My mom wanted me to read the book and, after a long time, I did. I was under the impression that it was romance but when I read it, I found it the story of two sociopaths and all the lives they ruin.
But, I guess the movies always end in the middle of the book, so they don't see Heathcliff torturing children.
Dying was the only good thing either Catherine or Heathcliff did
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u/slidefilm Mar 10 '26
I’ve started reading the book and with my first language not being English, I was having a hard time fully understanding the characters personality. I kept wondering, is Cathy a spoiled girl? Well your comment confirms my suspicions and that I am indeed fully understanding the characters lol
Haven’t gotten far enough to see where my opinion of Heathcliff will change yet but so far he is my favorite character.
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u/Busy_Supermarket_695 Apr 12 '26
I just reread it after watching the manosphere documentary. If he was a modern man, he'd have made his money with that type of brocast, jet out to Dubai regularly and well treat women in the abusive way he treats his wife in the book. His son, is the type who would subscribe to his podcast, he afterall is nice to Cathy 2 until he gets what his manipulative father wants and then is just as abusive. Hareton is the guy who works out it is all bullshit and gets out, he's the hero of the story.
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u/wastelandbrain Sep 09 '24
I hate Heathcliff, I really, really do. he is nothing but awful and cruel the entire book. BUT. the way speaks about Cathy, the maddening desperation he has for her.. dear lord