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A review by asharamakumar
Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë
dark
emotional
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
This book is a masterpiece.
I don't know how Brontë did it, but she managed to make the characters profoundly unlikeable and awful while still allowing space for you to root for them. It is a stunning and powerful portrait of trauma, abuse, and loss–themes that seem far ahead of its time!
The structure of the novel–told as a story through the housekeeper Ellen "Nelly" Dean is a compelling rhetorical device because we as the reader, Lockwood as the listener, and even Nelly herself are all on the outside looking in. And yet there is an intimacy and a depth that can only be ascertained through this device.
I am completely floored by this novel, everyone should read it.
I don't know how Brontë did it, but she managed to make the characters profoundly unlikeable and awful while still allowing space for you to root for them. It is a stunning and powerful portrait of trauma, abuse, and loss–themes that seem far ahead of its time!
The structure of the novel–told as a story through the housekeeper Ellen "Nelly" Dean is a compelling rhetorical device because we as the reader, Lockwood as the listener, and even Nelly herself are all on the outside looking in. And yet there is an intimacy and a depth that can only be ascertained through this device.
I am completely floored by this novel, everyone should read it.