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A review by frogsarelovely
Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë
5.0
An incredible, complex, and heart breaking story!
This felt like such a different experience reading this book now in comparison to high school. My love for Heathcliff is non-existent, though I still felt for him in the end. Hareton Earnshaw definitely shines through in this! I felt so horrible for his character all the way through, but he is wonderful. It's interesting that characters I didn't take much notice of as a teenager (Edgar Linton, Hareton, Hindley) are the characters I most enjoyed and felt for as a young adult.
The setting was once again phenomenal to read. I love how Emily Bronte describes Yorkshire. It feels so familiar and eerie. I love the supernatural elements to the story as well, and the moral greyness of all the characters' personalities.
The physical and mental abuse was difficult to read this time round. Something, again, I didn't understand fully as a teenager. It was actually quite startling that I didn't see how abusive Heathcliff was when I was younger. I wouldn't particularly call this story a romance. It's not romantic and the relationship is one of the most toxic I've seen in books. Nonetheless, it's such a magnificently crafted story, and told in a very engaging way. Emily Bronte is pretty impressive.
This felt like such a different experience reading this book now in comparison to high school. My love for Heathcliff is non-existent, though I still felt for him in the end. Hareton Earnshaw definitely shines through in this! I felt so horrible for his character all the way through, but he is wonderful. It's interesting that characters I didn't take much notice of as a teenager (Edgar Linton, Hareton, Hindley) are the characters I most enjoyed and felt for as a young adult.
The setting was once again phenomenal to read. I love how Emily Bronte describes Yorkshire. It feels so familiar and eerie. I love the supernatural elements to the story as well, and the moral greyness of all the characters' personalities.
The physical and mental abuse was difficult to read this time round. Something, again, I didn't understand fully as a teenager. It was actually quite startling that I didn't see how abusive Heathcliff was when I was younger. I wouldn't particularly call this story a romance. It's not romantic and the relationship is one of the most toxic I've seen in books. Nonetheless, it's such a magnificently crafted story, and told in a very engaging way. Emily Bronte is pretty impressive.