“Wuthering Heights” by Emily Bronte
Genre: Adult Fiction, Classic
Source: Bought
Summary from Goodreads:
Heathcliff, an orphan, is raised by Mr. Earnshaw as one of his own children. Hindley, Mr. Earnshaw’s son, despises him, but his sister, wild Cathy, becomes Heathcliff’s constant companion, and he falls violently in love with her. When Cathy will not marry Heathcliff, his terrible vengeance ruins them all and carries over to a second generation but still their love will not die.
Review
Stopped on page 258.
- I couldn’t do it. I really couldn’t finish this book. I read over half the book and hate it all.
- Everyone was awful and miserable.
- Cathy really bothered me. I hated that she was so oblivious. She was willing to marry someone she didn’t love just for power and money and left her friend, Heathcliff, out in the cold. I know some of that can be attributed to the time period but that really didn’t sit right with me.
- Heathcliff was just plain off his rocker.
- Oh MAN, this story was slow. I don’t mind a slow story if I’m enjoying the story.
- I didn’t find anything enjoyable about the story.
The bottom line? I hated it. I probably shouldn’t have picked this for BHA.
This was read for BHA.
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Uh oh this makes me nervous. I was literally going to read this book next. I remember reading Jane Eyre and hating it but I thought I’d give this one a try. Now I’m scared.
Thanks for the great review!
You should still read it! Many people have told me it does get better. *I* just wasn’t feeling it. Hope you like it though. 🙂
Haha… my boyfriend and I have a running joke argument about the Bronte sisters. He maintains that their books are terrible. I maintain that their books were an important part of my childhood, and that I enjoyed them when I read them. At the same time, I’m half afraid that if I were to reread them I’d agree.
Haha. I hope if you reread them, it won’t change your opinion.
Yeah, I saw the movie once of Wuthering Heights and hated it. And I know that movies are different from the books they’re based on, but I hated every one of the characters. There was no way I was going to spend time with these awful people.
But yay that next month’s pick is P&P. There are lots of likable characters in that one. Actually, almost everyone has something kind of likable about them. ALMOST everyone. And the main character is awesome. She’s not perfect, of course, but still likable. And Jane Austen is quite funny in an subtle way.
Anyway, I say good for you for trying to read Wuthering Heights.
Hooray for P&P. I’m excited for likeable characters. 🙂
This makes me sad as I love the Bronte’s but I understand they are matter of taste and what changes one persons life is yawn inducing to another..but I want to say give Jane Eyre a chance..it is all about love and dignity..self-respect and a broken person finding her way in the world. It’s a beautiful story!
I’ll probably try Jane Eyre in the future. It sounds a lot more interesting to me anyway. 🙂 Plus I’m enjoying The Autobiography of Jane Eyre
YUP. I agree with you. Awful book. Not at all worth reading.
I’ve never read this one, but want to. However, I’ve had SEVERAL people say how much they hated it! Like they couldn’t understand what the big deal was. I guess to each his own!
I should have taken the people’s hatred of this book as a sign! haha