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3.72 AVERAGE
3.72 AVERAGE
challenging
dark
emotional
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
A classic Indeed and for all the right reasons. Emily Bronte depicts the relationships over years of two neighbors with fueds of love and hate that started in their childhood. Class commentary of the time, and a relentless reminder of the stark differences in upbringing especially during the time period. You hear the business of the "masters of the houses" from the perspective of their loyal servant as she informs a new tenant of the former inhabitants histories amongst one another. Ellen Dean makes for a reliable and enthusiastic narrarator not without bias that have you on edge at every twist of the plot (which is not without twists!)
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
dark
tense
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
This book is full of hatred. Therefore, it was a really tense read and not really that enjoyable.
dark
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
dark
sad
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Sinceramente el libro me ha sorprendido para bien, ya que me la habían vendido como un drama histórico cuyo tema principal era el amor y realmente leyéndolo no me ha dado esa sensación. Es una historia repleta de personajes rotos, egoístas, infantiles y obsesionados. Si esperas encontrarte con una historia entrañable a la vez que dramática, esta no lo es. Creo que tan solo hay un personaje que me agradara lo suficiente para querer que le fuera todo bien, es ese tipo de libro.
Sin embargo, me ha absorbido por completo en algunos momentos y he disfrutado muchísimo de la lectura, así que 4 estrellitas que se lleva, y sinceramente creo que a la gente a la que no le gusta este libro es más porque no soporta leer a este tipo de personajes que por la historia en sí.
PD. Lo que me sorprende es que haya gente que lo vea como un libro de amor, cuando el tema principal es la venganza. Vamos, lo que había entre Catherine y Heathcliff no lo definiría yo como amor, al menos desde mi punto de vista.
Sin embargo, me ha absorbido por completo en algunos momentos y he disfrutado muchísimo de la lectura, así que 4 estrellitas que se lleva, y sinceramente creo que a la gente a la que no le gusta este libro es más porque no soporta leer a este tipo de personajes que por la historia en sí.
PD. Lo que me sorprende es que haya gente que lo vea como un libro de amor, cuando el tema principal es la venganza. Vamos, lo que había entre Catherine y Heathcliff no lo definiría yo como amor, al menos desde mi punto de vista.
mysterious
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Being set in the moors, the entire novel has this bleak atmosphere and feeling of isolation. It was nothing like I expected, however I feel like I might have to read it again to full understand the plot.
like 3.75 - wowsers!! i think its both cool and a shame how literature has evolved to be a craft of language itself as well as just plot/storytelling, bc i wouldve LOVED this if it was written a century later (but thats not fair on emily) . anywho all of this to say that most of these characters are fantastic and complex and i really loved the books arc as sort of this tragic completion of a bittersweet life. the section with linton and young cathering drove me almost crazy..why did that go on for SO long and i wished we had gotten that same detail of interactions and show-not-tell relationships for the first half of the book, but alas. and sauuur atmospheric so moody so gothic
dark
emotional
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
I just don't think it's my cup of tea. I like Jane Austen. I liked Jane Eyre. But listening to this was going in one ear and out the other. Maybe I need to read with my eyes?