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3.72 AVERAGE
3.72 AVERAGE
dark
emotional
hopeful
mysterious
sad
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
dark
emotional
sad
medium-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
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Ah, Wuthering Heights. I’ve read this about 11 times, but this was my first read as a full 30-something adult with a fully developed brain.
What a fantastic, twisted story Brontë gave us. As a teen, I found the love between Catherine and Heathcliff so intoxicating but as an adult??? Girl, what? There is a lot of richness to the text as well as commentary on class, morality, and more that I missed when I was younger. Mostly, this is a book about two deeply selfish people who never get over that particularly crippling character flaw. It destroys Isabella and Edgar Linton, Hindley Earnshaw, and very nearly destroyed their own progeny.
What a fantastic, twisted story Brontë gave us. As a teen, I found the love between Catherine and Heathcliff so intoxicating but as an adult??? Girl, what? There is a lot of richness to the text as well as commentary on class, morality, and more that I missed when I was younger. Mostly, this is a book about two deeply selfish people who never get over that particularly crippling character flaw. It destroys Isabella and Edgar Linton, Hindley Earnshaw, and very nearly destroyed their own progeny.
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Was
challenging
dark
mysterious
reflective
sad
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
I would give this book 6 stars if I could. I cannot describe adequately how much I loved it, but it has forever changed my brain chemistry.
So boring. Everyone is horrible. I don’t give one single
Damn about any of them.
Damn about any of them.
Nunca he sido tan feliz de acabar un libro como me siento con este. Es con diferencia el peor libro que he leído en lo que llevamos de año. Hay que ser una persona muy cruel para sentirse identificado con estos personajes mezquinos y malvados. No lo recomiendo y ojalá nunca lo hubiera leído.
emotional
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Catalina y Heathcliff atormentaron las vidas de todos a su alrededor en vida Y en muerte. Honestamente el amor al que aspiro llegar con mi bb.
This book is utterly heart wrenching and beautiful and terrible. I think I love it more every time I read it. It is filled with despicable characters, the most seemingly tolerable being Nellie and Mr Lockwood, though the passion this book is written with renders that irrelevant. When reading this book, I cannot ignore who the author was and what their life was like. I have been to the home of the Bronte’s and walked in their moors. Where did all of that passion come from; the environment definitely has a rugged, passionate feel to it and is the perfect backdrop to Heathcliffe and Cathy’s story.
When I think about why I love it so, I have a history with the book, being a Brontë sisters enthusiast and this being my favourite book. Knowing the backstory of the author and her tragic but talented family does impact on my reading of it. It’s like another narrative voice outside of the book. I love the way Emily told the story; starting in the middle with Nellie as our potentially unreliable narrator but with Mr Lockwood pulling us back to the present. I love the fact that Nellie presents the readers with spoilers regarding what is going to happen to the Earnshaw’s and the Linton’s. Then tells and shows us how the events came to be.
Cathy and Heathcliffe are terrible people but the love they have for each other is so strong, and destructive, and inspired some amazing dialogue. I have included some of my favourite quotes.
“He shall never know I love him: and that, not because he’s handsome, but because he’s more myself than I am. Whatever our souls are made out of, his and mine are the same.” Catherine Earnshaw.
“Be with me always–take any form–drive me mad. Only do not leave me in this abyss, where I cannot find you! Oh, God! It is unutterable! I cannot live without my life! I cannot live without my soul!” Mr Heathcliffe.
I love the themes around class and how a person’s experiences shape how they develop as an adult. I love that despite everything that happens there is a glimmer of hope in the end and an escape from the toxicity of Cathy and Heathcliffe.
When I think about why I love it so, I have a history with the book, being a Brontë sisters enthusiast and this being my favourite book. Knowing the backstory of the author and her tragic but talented family does impact on my reading of it. It’s like another narrative voice outside of the book. I love the way Emily told the story; starting in the middle with Nellie as our potentially unreliable narrator but with Mr Lockwood pulling us back to the present. I love the fact that Nellie presents the readers with spoilers regarding what is going to happen to the Earnshaw’s and the Linton’s. Then tells and shows us how the events came to be.
Cathy and Heathcliffe are terrible people but the love they have for each other is so strong, and destructive, and inspired some amazing dialogue. I have included some of my favourite quotes.
“He shall never know I love him: and that, not because he’s handsome, but because he’s more myself than I am. Whatever our souls are made out of, his and mine are the same.” Catherine Earnshaw.
“Be with me always–take any form–drive me mad. Only do not leave me in this abyss, where I cannot find you! Oh, God! It is unutterable! I cannot live without my life! I cannot live without my soul!” Mr Heathcliffe.
I love the themes around class and how a person’s experiences shape how they develop as an adult. I love that despite everything that happens there is a glimmer of hope in the end and an escape from the toxicity of Cathy and Heathcliffe.