I finally finished this one. I have to say I didn’t find it enjoyable. I like it when the main characters have flaws, but it’s also nice when they have at least one redeeming quality as well. The only character I really didn’t hate was Ellen Dean, but she still drove me nuts. I am really glad I finished it though, I think that was the most satisfying part for me. Maybe I’ll try again in another ten years and feel differently.
Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte
by Cindi
The Books We Read / Classic, Fiction / Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte
Filed Under: Classic, Fiction March 24, 2009, 10:46 pm
Wuthering Heights was a pleasant read and remarkably easy to loose yourself in. The start is a bit slow but the characters and relationships are very intriguing and uniqe and quickly become hard to put down. I’m not a huge romance fan, but if you throw in enough tragedy, inner conflict, pride, circumstance, and self loathing it makes a very potent romance stew. I have previously read other books similar in style and scope to this book, but I feel like I have read them backwards. I’m sure most of them were influenced by the writtings of the Bronte sisters and I probably should have started with them first. I must confess (with proper literary embarrassment) skimming nearly all dialogue from Joseph. After the first painful attempts at deciphering the colloquial dialect, I chose for the sake of pace and continuity not to bother. I read for knowledge and pleasure, and feeling like your mind is stuck in mud while you slogg through his dialogue was neither knowledgeable or pleasureable. Fortunately, he only seemed to have one reaction or response to everything which made skimming easier. While I probably won’t read this type of book often, it definitely satisfies when you are craving a romance not based on flowers and rainbows.
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Charlotte says November 3, 2009,4:28 pm
I just finished reading this book for the second time. The first time I read it was 5 years ago. I have to say that I really didn’t like it. Since then I have read Jane Eyre and I fell in love with that story. Since I loved Jane Eyre Clarissa persuaded me to read more of the Bronte sisters novels. I think that helped reading it again because I enjoyed it more. Like Cindy said you can easily loose yourself in it. Also like Clarissa said, I too enjoy reading novels where the characters have flaws but I do like them to have redeeming qualities. Heathcliff certainly did not. I loved at the end when he was no longer around how it was like a dark veil had been taken off and everyone including Wuthering Heights regained their goodness and beauty.
I didn’t love the book but I loved getting lost in it.
stacyanne31@yahoo.ca says May 7, 2012,6:09 pm
I hope you don’t mind my comments – especially 3 years late. This is my first time to your blog and I’m going through all the past posts. I am thoroughly enjoying your insights and suggestions. Anywho…I have to say this book was one of my favorites. It was a terrible, terrible book and I loved every horrid, heart wrenching minute of it. Once I was so disgusted by Heathcliff’s shenanigans that I wrung the book out and chucked it across the room (I had to buy a new copy for the friend who loaned it to me). I found that if I read Joseph’s dialogue out loud I could comprehend him better. But as much as I hated everyone in that book, I loved hating them very much.
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Clarissa Foss
Clarissa is a stay-at-home mother of three. The last two years she has been wrapping up a degree in psychology after taking a six-year baby hiatus from her studies. Now that she is done reading text books she doesn't have to feel guilty curling up with some good fiction. Her favourite book is Little Women.
Cindi Foss
Cindi is a 30-year-old Kobo reading blog reviewing amateur literary critic. She appreciates all genres especially historical fiction, post-apocalyptic fiction, and suspense along with a healthy dose of 'popular' so she can keep up with what everyone is talking about. She has four or five lists of books to read at any one time (but doesn't everyone?) and she loves spreading the word on good books. Cindi will be bringing you truth and objectivity ('cause who wants to read crazy irrational opinions?) from her piece of the world in Alberta Canada.
