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3.72 AVERAGE
3.72 AVERAGE
Worst fictional Cathys of all time:
1. Cathy Ames ([b:East of Eden|4406|East of Eden|John Steinbeck|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1544744853s/4406.jpg|2574991])
2. Catherine Earnshaw ([b:Wuthering Heights|6185|Wuthering Heights|Emily Brontë|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1388212715s/6185.jpg|1565818])
3. Cathy Simms (The Office)
4. Cathy (from the comic strip by [a:Cathy Guisewite|19058|Cathy Guisewite|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1213820999p2/19058.jpg])
Evil's truest form.
This book hinges too much on knowing the author, and I could find nothing telling about Emily Bronte's inspiration for this back-lashing of a story. Did she aspire to attain Shakespearian-level melodrama? Was this supposed to be funny? What angst had befallen the fifth Bronte child in her short life to craft such a menacing piece of literature that we now consider it a classic?
It took me much longer than I wanted to get through this book - I did not attach to anyone and I could not find a plot worth pursuing. Heathcliff might be the most irrationally terrible character I've ever read.
I will say this much: Emily Bronte writes like the dickens.
1. Cathy Ames ([b:East of Eden|4406|East of Eden|John Steinbeck|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1544744853s/4406.jpg|2574991])
2. Catherine Earnshaw ([b:Wuthering Heights|6185|Wuthering Heights|Emily Brontë|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1388212715s/6185.jpg|1565818])
3. Cathy Simms (The Office)
4. Cathy (from the comic strip by [a:Cathy Guisewite|19058|Cathy Guisewite|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1213820999p2/19058.jpg])
Evil's truest form.
This book hinges too much on knowing the author, and I could find nothing telling about Emily Bronte's inspiration for this back-lashing of a story. Did she aspire to attain Shakespearian-level melodrama? Was this supposed to be funny? What angst had befallen the fifth Bronte child in her short life to craft such a menacing piece of literature that we now consider it a classic?
It took me much longer than I wanted to get through this book - I did not attach to anyone and I could not find a plot worth pursuing. Heathcliff might be the most irrationally terrible character I've ever read.
I will say this much: Emily Bronte writes like the dickens.
dark
emotional
reflective
medium-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
sinto que não há muito o que comentar. é um livro bem escrito, mas falta propósito. livros geralmente nos passam alguma reflexão, ensinamento ou mensagem. nesse caso, senti que é apenas uma história sobre pessoas ruins fazendo coisas ruins.
ainda sim, a relação complexa, doentia e letal de catherine e heathcliff é muito curiosa e nos rende muitas especulações psicológicas e espirituais. a conexão de duas almas por serem tão semelhantes e o início de um conflito pelo mesmo motivo. a relação de simbiose onde alimentam a maldade um do outro, ao mesmo tempo que sugam a energia sabendo da influência mútua. a própria catherine afirma que ela é heathcliff, e ele é ela.
brönte expõe os extremos de uma mente perturbada e cega pela obsessão. o quão longe um ser humano sem escrúpulos pode ir para conseguir sua vingança.
obs: a edição comentada da clássicos zahar me ajudou a entender referências religiosas e regionais da época, e essa compreensão agregou muito a minha leitura.
ainda sim, a relação complexa, doentia e letal de catherine e heathcliff é muito curiosa e nos rende muitas especulações psicológicas e espirituais. a conexão de duas almas por serem tão semelhantes e o início de um conflito pelo mesmo motivo. a relação de simbiose onde alimentam a maldade um do outro, ao mesmo tempo que sugam a energia sabendo da influência mútua. a própria catherine afirma que ela é heathcliff, e ele é ela.
brönte expõe os extremos de uma mente perturbada e cega pela obsessão. o quão longe um ser humano sem escrúpulos pode ir para conseguir sua vingança.
obs: a edição comentada da clássicos zahar me ajudou a entender referências religiosas e regionais da época, e essa compreensão agregou muito a minha leitura.
I hate everything about this book. Heathcliff is a psychopathic douchebag.
I went in completely unfamiliar to Wuthering Heights's plot, never having seen a movie adaptation. I didn't know why the characters of Twilight were so totally omg obsessed with it. And, thank god, after reading it I still don't know what the hell it has to do with Twilight. But unfortunately, I also don't feel entirely familiar with the novel.
I think this is mostly my fault; I read it during the summer and am looking for a completely passive reading experience. And for the most part, I was surprised to find that it isn't too high maintenance compared to other Victorian novels I've read. At least, for the first fifty or so pages. Then for the next fifty pages it dawned on me that there is a ridiculously (and in my opinion, unnecessarily) small pool of characters that serve to fulfill any and every relationship dynamic for one another. So I got a little confused. I looked up a family tree, which helped. That's really my only grievance: my own laziness.
I know this might sound corny, but I was just shocked by the originality. I've never read anything like this before. I felt overwhelmed not only by the complexity of the two generations of characters, but also by their being unnaturally forced to share the same novel! It's a beautiful decentering of the way I understand the sometimes overbearing sentimentality of Victorian romance. It was refreshing enough so that it made me want to indulge this new understanding, but by the end of the novel I had no idea how to do so. Should I enjoy the novel's misanthropy, its self-loathing, its bizarre, guilt-ridden romance? I'll decide next time.
Also, is it bad that I still don't really understand why Heathcliff is such an asshole?
I think this is mostly my fault; I read it during the summer and am looking for a completely passive reading experience. And for the most part, I was surprised to find that it isn't too high maintenance compared to other Victorian novels I've read. At least, for the first fifty or so pages. Then for the next fifty pages it dawned on me that there is a ridiculously (and in my opinion, unnecessarily) small pool of characters that serve to fulfill any and every relationship dynamic for one another. So I got a little confused. I looked up a family tree, which helped. That's really my only grievance: my own laziness.
I know this might sound corny, but I was just shocked by the originality. I've never read anything like this before. I felt overwhelmed not only by the complexity of the two generations of characters, but also by their being unnaturally forced to share the same novel! It's a beautiful decentering of the way I understand the sometimes overbearing sentimentality of Victorian romance. It was refreshing enough so that it made me want to indulge this new understanding, but by the end of the novel I had no idea how to do so. Should I enjoy the novel's misanthropy, its self-loathing, its bizarre, guilt-ridden romance? I'll decide next time.
Also, is it bad that I still don't really understand why Heathcliff is such an asshole?
Cumbres Borrascosas nos sitúa en el Reino Unido del siglo XIX y nos cuenta la historia de una familia (si es que podemos llamarlo así) bastante trastornada, que viven en el campo, en una casa poco comunicada y tan lúgubre como sus habitantes. Iremos conociendo a los personajes, y más importante, las relaciones que se crean entre ellos, en su mayoría movidas sentimientos muy potentes, exaltados y en su generalmente negativos como el odio, la venganza, los celos y, en ocasiones, el amor. Observaremos cómo se desprecian y maltratan entre ellos, cómo son movidos por la venganza hasta puntos insospechados y cómo la tragedia marca cada etapa de sus vidas.
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4 stars because this is a good and very well-written book. -1 star because I absolutely despised all the characters and couldn't wait for them to die faster.
dark
tense
slow-paced
Loveable characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
dark
emotional
slow-paced