On a score of 1-5 stars, with 5 being the best, how do you rate Wuthering Heights
***** loved it
75%
[ 3 ]
****
0%
[ 0 ]
***
25%
[ 1 ]
**
0%
[ 0 ]
* loathed it
0%
[ 0 ]
Didn't read this one
0%
[ 0 ]
Didn't finish, gave up, couldn't get into it
0%
[ 0 ]
Total Votes : 4
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Tigerlily Administrator
Joined: 22 Jul 2006 Posts: 7637 Birthday: 7th July
Location: Shropshire
Posted: Sun Mar 01, 2009 2:06 pm Post subject: March Book Choice - Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte
Discuss here your thoughts on the book once you have read it. Did you (not) enjoy it? Anything that struck you or maybe someone else could help if you have a question? We're not really looking for in depth discussions... just tell us what you think of it!
For those who have read the book, please choose a star rating based on how much you liked it.
Joined: 22 Jul 2006 Posts: 7637 Birthday: 7th July
Location: Shropshire
Posted: Tue Mar 10, 2009 8:40 pm Post subject:
I love this book. Will have a skim through it again and post my thoughts. _________________ Reading: Miss Smilla's Feeling for Snow by Peter Hoeg
Reading Challenge 2009: 8
2008: 4
2007: 10
charlottestar Busy babbling when should be reading
Joined: 08 May 2007 Posts: 404 Birthday: 27th February
Location: Oxfordshire
Posted: Wed Mar 11, 2009 6:30 pm Post subject:
I love Wuthering Heights. The first time I read it I was about 12 and I hated it I had no idea what was going on and who was who but I read it again when I was older and I loved it.
It's so different from anything I've ever read before. Everyone reduces it to a simple love story between Heathcliff and Cathy but I always thought that was a rather weak assessment of a very powerful novel. To be honest I don't really like any of the characters much (Heathcliff is a psychopath, Cathy is too passionate and too selfish to be truly likable) but the emotions are so raw that it's impossible (I think) not to be moved by it (in some way).
It's much more about jealousy and revenge than it is about love and the love which is portrayed is not love I can even comprehend but it's also impossible to ignore. Some of the images have stayed with me
Spoiler:
the hand tapping at the window calling to be let in
etc.
The first time you read it I think it's a bit complicated because everyone is called the same thing and it's tad confusing but it's worth getting to grips with who everyone is and how they're related etc.
Anyway I love it it's brilliant! I'm trying to encourage my bf to read it because I think it's something men can like too. Ok I've talked enough and I'm not sure it all made sense! lol
Joined: 22 Jul 2006 Posts: 7637 Birthday: 7th July
Location: Shropshire
Posted: Wed Mar 11, 2009 9:28 pm Post subject:
Charlotte, you hit the nail on the head. I bought a postcard from our Haworth trip last year which reads:
"My love for Heathcliff resembles the eternal rocks beneath. A source of visible delight - but necessary."
For me, that quote sums up Cathy and Heathcliff's bond. Not necessarily a pleasant bond but one which neither can sever. They can't help but be attracted to one another. A love/hate relationship perhaps.
I love the rawness of the novel too. Like you I read it a few years ago and couldn't make head nor tail of it, but read it again 2 years ago and loved every page. _________________ Reading: Miss Smilla's Feeling for Snow by Peter Hoeg
Reading Challenge 2009: 8
2008: 4
2007: 10
I only gave this 3 stars as it just didn't seem to live up to the hype for me. Everyone I know has raved about this so maybe I was expecting too much. I did enjoy it and thought the story was good, it just felt dragged out in places. Maybe it will improve with a second read when I know who everyone is and there isn't that confusion with trying to keep up with the family tree.
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Ok I've talked enough and I'm not sure it all made sense! lol