A review by rheasingh_
Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë

challenging dark emotional tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

I hate Heathcliff with all my heart but I adore this book. I love how Emily wasn’t scared to narrate the irrational and immoral in a time where people wrote of the polite and surface level. There is a madness in many of the characters in this book that is almost cathartic. They are every intrusive thought I have ever had in action. But what is amazing is that when people write morally grey characters well, they show us that in a way it is more strange to be so restrained and calculated in life. That there is a place where one could live, unbridled. Where one can be ruled by their passions. But then it also teaches a lesson. That unchecked passions can give way to fatigued madness and resignation from happiness altogether. Reading Wuthering heights is a reminder to honor one’s Apollonian while never ignoring their Dionysian. Not to mention just how great the language aspect of the story is. The last chapter feels a bit dragged out. But to be fair, I was really sleepy then. I should read the last chapter again. Looking forward to seeing the new movie about Emily Brontë after reading this.