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A review by marwareadss
Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë
5.0
Rating: 5/5
“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!”
My first re-read in more than 8 years. I stalled for long in fear of older me not being fascinated by it the same way 14 years old me was. I honestly didn't think it was possible, but I found that I enjoyed and loved and obsessed over this book even more during my second read.
The way Emily Brontë so beautifully wrote.... her words pierced right through my heart, and I understood them. Her expression of love, which was really bordering more on obsession, grief, and yearning through both Heathcliff and Catherine takes my breath away. Her depiction of how environment touches on every single aspect of a person's life, and the way that reflected on Heathcliff and Catherine's love which with extreme intensity and thoughtlessness turned out to be as dark as the moors they resided in is just magnificent.
Meeting someone who actually understands you, someone whose soul mirrors yours, is something almost mythical....and how would you act if you had that? And how would you bear to ever let it go? Heathcliff's grief completely taking over him seemed to be what his fate had been determined to be, and it only made sense that he would continue the rest of his life tormented by the loss of his great love, and in bitterness, wishing to turn all those he could into soulless creatures like himself.
Simply a book that can never be repeated. Forever in love.
PS, Hareton is the best character in the book, and he deserves the world.
[Finished on October 7, 2023]
“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!”
My first re-read in more than 8 years. I stalled for long in fear of older me not being fascinated by it the same way 14 years old me was. I honestly didn't think it was possible, but I found that I enjoyed and loved and obsessed over this book even more during my second read.
The way Emily Brontë so beautifully wrote.... her words pierced right through my heart, and I understood them. Her expression of love, which was really bordering more on obsession, grief, and yearning through both Heathcliff and Catherine takes my breath away. Her depiction of how environment touches on every single aspect of a person's life, and the way that reflected on Heathcliff and Catherine's love which with extreme intensity and thoughtlessness turned out to be as dark as the moors they resided in is just magnificent.
Meeting someone who actually understands you, someone whose soul mirrors yours, is something almost mythical....and how would you act if you had that? And how would you bear to ever let it go? Heathcliff's grief completely taking over him seemed to be what his fate had been determined to be, and it only made sense that he would continue the rest of his life tormented by the loss of his great love, and in bitterness, wishing to turn all those he could into soulless creatures like himself.
Simply a book that can never be repeated. Forever in love.
PS, Hareton is the best character in the book, and he deserves the world.
[Finished on October 7, 2023]