Wuthering Heights (Norton Critical Editions) (urspr publ 1847; utgåvan 2002)

There are a few times I have thrown a book in rage after reading it. This is one of those times. ( )

I honestly just couldn't get into the book. I tried but it just wasnt very interesting to me. I did finish it, very begrudgingly, but it just never caught my interest. To me it seemed to be about a bunch of whiny teenagers who were kind of rude to be honest.

I know many people love this book, but it just wasnt for me. ( )

Pensaba que seria un libro romantico, al estilo "sentido y sensibilidad". Y ciertamente es un libro romantico, mucho mas quiza que el anteriormente mencionado pero a la vez es totalmente distinto. Principalmente por sus personajes totalmente odiosos.

Mientras que en el tipico libro romantico el amor lo puede todo y es la mayor fuerza positiva, aqui el amor desde luego es la mayor fuerza pero mayoritariamente negativa, destructiva, obsesiva.

Este libro es casi su propio genero, la formula seria: horror pasion = tension.
Para lo limitado de los eventos y los caracteres, el libro mantiene la tension perfectamente. ( )

This was a rather depressing read but the ending was well written! My conclusion: many deaths, all the characters would probably benefit from therapy.

Jokes aside, I liked how all the characters are unlikable. Like literally, almost all of them were broken in some way or two. Everyone seemed to be wallowing in sadness for a reason but I think that’s the charm of this book. The characters aren’t unlikable, so what? The story was interesting enough for me to keep up with the language which I’m not so used to since my comfort zone is mostly consisting of a big YA bubble. But I liked it enough to consider reading the other Bronte’s works!

Don’t know if this is recommendable to a whole lot of people but if you want some angst, this is for you perhaps? ( )

This has been on my 'to read' list forever. I slogged through it. What an array of dysfunctional characters! I recall enjoying Jane Eyre. This one not as much. ( )