Wuthering Heights in Ultimate Popsugar Reading Challenge

Sep 06, 2012 Melissa Wiebe rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: historical-fiction, classics, fiction, english-literature, 2012, readalongs

Originally reviewed in 2012 at Jayne's Books.

I first read this book when I was about 14 years old and at the time, I couldn't make sense of it and by the end of the book, I was wanting to throw the book across the room and probably because of the fact that I was unable to get myself to read the book again. Of course I was able to understand it more after watching the BBC miniseries that came out a few years ago, I was able to make more sense of the story and the readalong that I participated thr Originally reviewed in 2012 at Jayne's Books.

I first read this book when I was about 14 years old and at the time, I couldn't make sense of it and by the end of the book, I was wanting to throw the book across the room and probably because of the fact that I was unable to get myself to read the book again. Of course I was able to understand it more after watching the BBC miniseries that came out a few years ago, I was able to make more sense of the story and the readalong that I participated through Unputdownables really helped me understand the story that much more. And based on this last reading of the book, I was able to give the book a full appreciation of really how good the book was and it makes me wonder that if Emily had been able to live for a long time, how good her work could have become. Maybe she would have become a one-hit wonder, or maybe she would have been a prolific writer, like her sister Charlotte, who wrote a number of well-known books through out her lifetime.

One thing that I liked about the book was that the book was basically told like a story that is being related to another individual. I realize that this is stating the obvious, but understanding this fact, helps with the reading of the book, because you don't see Mr. Lockwood that much and hear mostly Nelly's retelling of the story between the two families that clearly dominate the area. Another thing that I like about the book is that its a very complex novel, despite the fact that it really is a pretty simple story line. And that Emily Bronte is able to bring out complex emotions in not only her characters that are so vivid for a number of reasons, but also complex emotions in those that read the book. Its almost a love-hate relationship with the book; there are characters that I absolutely adore and want more of (Cathy Linton [not her mom, who is also named Catherine]) and there are characters that I really do come to loathe (Heathcliff and Isabelle Linton-Heathcliff and possibly Edgar Linton).

There also something extremely dark that kept me wanting to find out what it was and it felt like you got absorbed into that world, just like Cathy [the daughter] did after coming to Wuthering Heights. I think what Bronte does effectively is create a world that is both foreboding, but also inviting, almost like she is seducing the reader to continue on with the book, as though there is something forbidden behind the front doors of Wuthering Heights. ...more

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May 01, 2009 Jenny rated it it was ok · review of another edition

I read this primarily because Bella did in New Moon and it was time for another classic. I read it in 3 days. It was ok, but sad. It was a kind of Great Expectations theme, where love is kind of forced on people. It had a very sad ending, but an interesting story line.

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Apr 10, 2011 Amanda rated it it was amazing

Shelves: fiction, favorites, ap-literature, 5-stars, teacher-reads, classics, exit-pursued-by-bear

2018 Spring:

Another read for my Seniors off the 35 Most Read AP Lit Test books, and this one for the 2nd/3rd time in my life. While I understand why people deeply love this as the most tragic love story (that isn't Romeo & Juliet), I don't really see much of a truly helpful romance or even filial tale: except by the merits of doing the opposite of everything you see within these pages.

Though, as a premier note that earns it's own full star for me, I adore the level of vocabulary used in this n ...more

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Jun 19, 2010 Katie rated it did not like it

Blech. I hated every moment of this book.

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Feb 19, 2019 Jana rated it it was ok

Shelves: book-club, x2019-reading-challenge

I read this in high school. I do not have pleasant memories of it. I will need to read it again as an adult.
2019 - Read for book club. Did not care for it. Oh, well.

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