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3.72 AVERAGE
3.72 AVERAGE
dark
emotional
sad
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Emily Brontë weaved a story so despairing with monstrous characters - the combination of which truly tested my patience throughout the novel. And yet, Wuthering Heights struck me as very different from the classics of its time. Strung up against the likes of Jane Austen’s work, Wuthering Heights is an outcast of a tale. The novel is less about one’s place in society and more on the individual. She chose to highlight one’s inner thoughts, musings, and how quickly these change over time. Life for these characters is rather dismal - misfortune befalling them either due to their own actions or the manipulative acts of others. It is far from an idealistic romance novel.
I cannot say that Wuthering Heights replaced my favorite classic novel - L.M Montgomery’s Anne of Green Gables. And yet, I was surprisingly engrossed in the complex tale. She made all the characters seem so real that they haunted my thoughts for many weeks. I felt Heathcliff’s pain as he lost the only person he ever cared for. I felt hot shame for the ridicule Hareton endured due to his lack of a proper education brought about by his father’s neglect. I felt the misery of Mr. Linton who loved his late wife so dearly though she never fully returned his love. So human. So realistic. So authentic. 4 stars!
I cannot say that Wuthering Heights replaced my favorite classic novel - L.M Montgomery’s Anne of Green Gables. And yet, I was surprisingly engrossed in the complex tale. She made all the characters seem so real that they haunted my thoughts for many weeks. I felt Heathcliff’s pain as he lost the only person he ever cared for. I felt hot shame for the ridicule Hareton endured due to his lack of a proper education brought about by his father’s neglect. I felt the misery of Mr. Linton who loved his late wife so dearly though she never fully returned his love. So human. So realistic. So authentic. 4 stars!
dark
mysterious
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
challenging
dark
emotional
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
dark
emotional
reflective
relaxing
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
It wasn't until a halfway through the book that
I started to understand who was what character.
• RATING: ★★★½
I started to understand who was what character.
• RATING: ★★★½
La vérité c’est que j’ai dnf. C’est chiant, c’est long, c’est inintéressant, c’est vraiment juste lire pour lire mais je galère même à finir trois lignes consécutives.
J’essaie réellement de lire davantage de classiques mais si c’est pour m’infliger un truc pareil… nope, thanks.
J’essaie réellement de lire davantage de classiques mais si c’est pour m’infliger un truc pareil… nope, thanks.
dark
mysterious
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes