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4.07 AVERAGE
4.07 AVERAGE
https://dunnooowrite.wordpress.com/2017/09/01/the-tenant-of-wildfell-hall/
dark
emotional
hopeful
sad
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
Lovely story of love, duty, forgiveness, and happiness.
Good one time read.
Good story. But a bit boring narrative.. the arguments and characterization of Mr.Huntingdon is very much real. That needs to be applauded.
Good story. But a bit boring narrative.. the arguments and characterization of Mr.Huntingdon is very much real. That needs to be applauded.
emotional
reflective
slow-paced
emotional
reflective
relaxing
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Engaging, if predictable, first half to 2/3rds, but my god by the last 100 pages was I sick of all of them. And the previously excusable cartoonishness of Huntingdon’s rottenness went beyond the pale. As did Helen’s piety. Whether intentional or not, I’m not sure, but Gilbert is an extremely self-centered narrator. Uncomfortable with his actual childishness being so absolved — and rewarded! — in the last section.
At times those extreme parts of the characters’ personalities are so overplayed that I’d say its satire, but I didn’t get a hint of that from the writing. Just poorly conceived.
The middle epistolary section from Helen’s voice is the most enjoyable section, easily.
At times those extreme parts of the characters’ personalities are so overplayed that I’d say its satire, but I didn’t get a hint of that from the writing. Just poorly conceived.
The middle epistolary section from Helen’s voice is the most enjoyable section, easily.
dark
reflective
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
With a few exceptions for prose, this honestly could have been written in the last 50 years and I wouldn’t know the difference. Anne Brontë says the quiet part of Victorian womanhood out loud, and as heartbreaking as it is to know that she likely drew on personal experience to create these dysfunctional characters, it’s also refreshing to read a classic that outright condemns what its peers in the canon tend only to hint at.
I was quiet surprise on how easy it was to get into the story. The writing is very representative of the style of the era but still very readable nowadays.
The growth of Helen as a woman is simply beautifully orchestrated. I loved having multiple narratives, Altho the idea that a letter would be almost 600 pages long is a bit ridiculous.
This book takes a stand against men and shows further their only interest in women and their possessiveness. For even the male love interest has many problematic issues ( such as refusing to help a man, risking his death under the excuse that he might entertain an intimate relationship with the girl he loved)
This book also breeches interesting topics such as education for boys and girls in comparison. It is during those debates between the characters that I saw the early feminism in the response of Helen.
Although I do have to say that some part were too long and unnecessary in my opinion.
Anne Brontë wrote a strong female lead with an even stronger mind which is rather refreshing of the time.
The growth of Helen as a woman is simply beautifully orchestrated. I loved having multiple narratives, Altho the idea that a letter would be almost 600 pages long is a bit ridiculous.
This book takes a stand against men and shows further their only interest in women and their possessiveness. For even the male love interest has many problematic issues ( such as refusing to help a man, risking his death under the excuse that he might entertain an intimate relationship with the girl he loved)
This book also breeches interesting topics such as education for boys and girls in comparison. It is during those debates between the characters that I saw the early feminism in the response of Helen.
Although I do have to say that some part were too long and unnecessary in my opinion.
Anne Brontë wrote a strong female lead with an even stronger mind which is rather refreshing of the time.
The best Brontë book I’ve read. Beautiful pacing, engaging and suspenseful. A fantastically accurate and emotive representation of gaslighting which really wrings the heart and leaves you thinking. Would recommend to anyone wanting to get into literature of this period, and anyone looking for a book that’s hard to put down.
The first Brontë to ever make me laugh - Gilbert Markham is subtlely hilarious. Would have been 4 stars but there's too many H names and I kept getting confused who was who.