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This book truly wasn’t what I expected and even though I have researched why it’s so critically acclaimed and considered in the realm of classic literature; but I still cannot understand why people think this is a great work.
A friend tells me this is her ‘desert island’ book- if she could only have one.
Ugh. I don’t enjoy reading about brutal tyrants who plot evil against others!
I have an English degree, and I’ve tried to look at this work in various perspectives, but I wish I could “unread” it ...more
A friend tells me this is her ‘desert island’ book- if she could only have one.
Ugh. I don’t enjoy reading about brutal tyrants who plot evil against others!
I have an English degree, and I’ve tried to look at this work in various perspectives, but I wish I could “unread” it ...more
Heathcliff, how do I hate you, let me count the ways...
Actually let's not because it just depresses me.
It's not that I think Emily Bronte is a horrible writer, or that there's not plenty of meat here to put upon the table and discuss the hell out of (and have a lot of fun with too!). It's just that I really didn't like any of these characters, and in fact actively hated Heathcliff and Cathy, for the selfish, childish figures that they were. So yes, not going to be a book that I liked, enjoyed, o ...more
Actually let's not because it just depresses me.
It's not that I think Emily Bronte is a horrible writer, or that there's not plenty of meat here to put upon the table and discuss the hell out of (and have a lot of fun with too!). It's just that I really didn't like any of these characters, and in fact actively hated Heathcliff and Cathy, for the selfish, childish figures that they were. So yes, not going to be a book that I liked, enjoyed, o ...more
Scary, dark and uncomfortable. But really well written. I love and hate it at the same time.... Heathcliff really bothers me.
All a bit of malicious and conniving for me. Although when the occasion arose to explore the love story between Heathcliff and Catherine, it was epic.
Aug 23, 2010
Jamie
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