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A review by cheflin11
Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Ah, Wuthering Heights. I’ve read this about 11 times, but this was my first read as a full 30-something adult with a fully developed brain.
What a fantastic, twisted story Brontë gave us. As a teen, I found the love between Catherine and Heathcliff so intoxicating but as an adult??? Girl, what? There is a lot of richness to the text as well as commentary on class, morality, and more that I missed when I was younger. Mostly, this is a book about two deeply selfish people who never get over that particularly crippling character flaw. It destroys Isabella and Edgar Linton, Hindley Earnshaw, and very nearly destroyed their own progeny.
What a fantastic, twisted story Brontë gave us. As a teen, I found the love between Catherine and Heathcliff so intoxicating but as an adult??? Girl, what? There is a lot of richness to the text as well as commentary on class, morality, and more that I missed when I was younger. Mostly, this is a book about two deeply selfish people who never get over that particularly crippling character flaw. It destroys Isabella and Edgar Linton, Hindley Earnshaw, and very nearly destroyed their own progeny.