A review by maddypat
Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë

dark emotional reflective slow-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

4.5

I have a love-hate relationship with this book. I think going into it with the expectation that it would be a novel about primarily romance and love made me struggle to understand it. Really, it's a story about flawed people experiencing trauma and loss, and how that shapes their life and the lives around them. Love is there, and I'd even say it's still relatively central, but it's less about the exploration of that love and more about the results of it. I would have given it just three stars until I read the last two chapters -- when I promptly began to cry my eyes out!

It's a bit slow for me but I can fully see why it's a classic and would recommend it to anyone. 
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