A review by ashleyend
Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë

dark emotional mysterious medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

Honestly, I am so confused about my feelings for this book. I can’t decide if I hate Heathcliff, or admire his unhinged devotion. Heathcliff and Catherine are just the absolute worst and it’s not entirely their fault, but they don’t take any responsibility. In fact, most of these characters avoid responsibility to the point that they’re insufferable. Not sure what to think, but it was highly entertaining and the prose rarely dragged.

“It is for God to punish wicked people;we should learn to forgive…. ‘No, God won’t have the satisfaction that I shall.’” pg. 101

“Have mercy on your own soul!… ‘Not I! On the contrary, I shall have great pleasure in sending it to perdition, to punish its maker.’” pg. 116

“‘May she wake in torment!’ he cried, with frightful vehemence, stamping his foot, and groaning in a sudden paroxysm of ungovernable passion. ‘Why, she’s a liar to the end! Where is she? Not there- not in heaven - not perished - where? Oh! you said you cared nothing for my sufferings! And I pray one prayer- I repeat it till my tongue stiffens- Catherine Earnshaw, may you not rest, as long as I am living! You said I killed you- haunt me then! …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!’” pg. 204

“The entire world is a dreadful collection of memoranda that she did exist, and that I have lost her!” pg. 353

“No minister need come; nor anything be said over me- I tell you, I have nearly attained my heaven; and that of others is altogether unvalued, and uncoveted by me!” pg. 363
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