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3.72 AVERAGE
3.72 AVERAGE
challenging
dark
reflective
tense
slow-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
It is no wonder that Wuthering Heights has such a steadfast position in classic literature, and I am left in awe and deep admiration of Emily Brontë’s literary prowess and genius. Parts of the introduction that previews the novel describes it as a “literary force of nature such as you’ve never encountered before” and it “remains almost blindingly original, undimmed in its power to convey the destructive potential of thwarted passion as expressed through the unappeasable fury of a rejected lover”, and even to this day I believe it to still be true.
Despite the novel being told through a mostly second-hand account from the housekeeper, the events of the story is still so luring and alive it makes one forget that these are matters of the past. But what I loved most is how Wuthering Heights has set in its legacy a study of race, class, and revenge, and the powerful effects they place in contact with childhood. This book is grim, bleak, “full of violent acts and even more violent feelings”, and the way suffering and trauma has spun into an angry, vengeful tale.
It is impossible not to feel a level of sympathy for Heathcliff and what his upbringing has lead him to become, but slowly as characters become increasingly tangled, such sympathy and sorrow becomes much more complex as we see how generational trauma and abuse takes on two families.
What further fascinated me was that even for someone who never had much interest in the Bible, it was so interesting seeing all the stories that influenced Brontë’s prose and the allusions to stories from the Bible and other works of literature.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Racism, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Classism
Moderate: Alcoholism, Gun violence, Incest, Racial slurs, Blood, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Suicide, Pregnancy
dark
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
dark
emotional
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
challenging
dark
emotional
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
mysterious
slow-paced
dark
reflective
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
challenging
dark
emotional
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
slow-paced
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
“He’s safe, and I'm free; but you have left me to struggle so long against death, alone, that I feel and see only death."
you think the racism wouldve gotten him but no it was a situationship now he has to ruin everyones life
you think the racism wouldve gotten him but no it was a situationship now he has to ruin everyones life
new favorite! didn’t want it to end but at the same time i did cuz all the characters were miserable the entire time