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3.72 AVERAGE
3.72 AVERAGE
one of the best books i have ever read. gripping, touching, beautifully written. i‘m normally not into the classics but this i am into.
challenging
dark
emotional
sad
tense
dark
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
dark
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Pensaba que seria un libro romantico, al estilo "sentido y sensibilidad". Y ciertamente es un libro romantico, mucho mas quiza que el anteriormente mencionado pero a la vez es totalmente distinto. Principalmente por sus personajes totalmente odiosos.
Mientras que en el tipico libro romantico el amor lo puede todo y es la mayor fuerza positiva, aqui el amor desde luego es la mayor fuerza pero mayoritariamente negativa, destructiva, obsesiva.
Este libro es casi su propio genero, la formula seria: horror + pasion = tension.
Para lo limitado de los eventos y los caracteres, el libro mantiene la tension perfectamente.
Mientras que en el tipico libro romantico el amor lo puede todo y es la mayor fuerza positiva, aqui el amor desde luego es la mayor fuerza pero mayoritariamente negativa, destructiva, obsesiva.
Este libro es casi su propio genero, la formula seria: horror + pasion = tension.
Para lo limitado de los eventos y los caracteres, el libro mantiene la tension perfectamente.
dark
emotional
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Domestic abuse, Grief
Wow, I seriously wasn't expecting to like this book upon finishing it... right up until literally almost the end. What a magnificent and horrible story. After I painstakingly figured out who was who in the mishmash of Heathcliffs and Earnshaws and Lintons and Catherines, I was rewarded with a strong dislike for every single character* (*except one who stole my heart). They're all* petty and seemed quite contrived, until certain events turned what I thought of as Wuthering Height's unnecessary violent and unhappy embellishments into a more than adequate commentary on the mechanisms of intergenerational wealth and cycles of violence. And then, against all odds, this dense, thorny, tangled mess of a book grew itself a romantic subplot that I was very pleasantly surprised by.
Also, I was practically beside myself reading the deeply atmospheric descriptions of the moors about Wuthering Heights and Thrushcross Grange, especially because they have enriched my experience and appreciation for the spring-to-summer blooms in North Carolina.
I am excited to see what parts of this story will linger on, not unlike the unquiet slumbers of sleepers in quiet earth.
Also, I was practically beside myself reading the deeply atmospheric descriptions of the moors about Wuthering Heights and Thrushcross Grange, especially because they have enriched my experience and appreciation for the spring-to-summer blooms in North Carolina.
I am excited to see what parts of this story will linger on, not unlike the unquiet slumbers of sleepers in quiet earth.
dark
mysterious
sad
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
challenging
dark
mysterious
reflective
sad
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
hopeful
mysterious
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes