A review by lizziaha
The Tenant of Wildfell Hall by Anne Brontë

4.0

Unfortunately, the epistolary format really nukes the pining of it all, which I didn’t even think was possible. It should’ve enhanced the yearning but this man is allergic to talking about his feelings. I wish the story of Helen’s past had been more interspersed with the rest of the story instead of in a big chunk in the middle. That didn’t stop me from having strong feelings about her backstory though, because I was wishing death on
old Arthur
in ways I didn’t even know were possible. 
I also was devastated to read the domestic abuse scenes. Theoretically I know that domestic abuse has always been a problem, but to know that women hundreds of years ago were writing about the same things that women today are writing about? To know that the strategies have never changed? To know that this story could easily be transposed onto a 21st century woman? That hurt to read. 
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