SPOILERS, BE WARNED also this review does not use big words like other pretty reviews do so uhh be warned


Ladies, gents, and nonbinary peeps, I have done it! I have completed this masterpiece that took me almost a month to read (to be fair though, I was reading books in between this soo?). And damn if it wasn’t one of the best books I’ve ever read.


Wuthering Heights is the revenge story to read. Emily Brontë is an utter genius in so many different ways. She makes you care about her characters even though none of them are even good. In fact all of these characters land on the chaotic evil chart, but I still loved them all.


No I don’t love Heathcliff like many people do. At least...well I love his character for what it is, but not in a romantic way if that makes sense. Heathcliff moves in with the Earnshaws when he’s young and becomes friends with Catherine, the young lady of the house. He’s abused his whole life; emotionally and physically, and when Cathy leaves him, he becomes vengeful and cruel. And he’s so interesting. I feel so bad for the dude, genuinely. Heathcliff is so lonely and vengeful he “curses” Cathy’s daughter (even after Catherine died) and ruins her life. He’s so complex and interesting, and I just want to know what happened in those years he ran off.


And the writing, and the atmosphere is just soo good. Emily Brontë is so utterly genius. She writes a tale so full of despair and heartbreak and makes that the forefront of her novel with her “modern” and complex ideals of feminism sitting in the back row seat. The gothicness, the descriptions, the setting. Ugh so good. I have no idea if Emily Brontë’s sisters write in the same tone, but if they do please let me know. I need more of this writing in my life.


Also no, I don’t agree that this book is romantic. But I still feel as though Heathcliff and Cathy love each other. Their relationship isn’t healthy, in fact it’s so toxic that they actually curse each other after death (I’ll list my favorite quotes in a sec). But you can really tell that Heathcliff and Cathy love each other through the terrible parts of themselves and their relationship, and it breaks my heart that they couldn’t choose each other when the time was right.


Quotes:


“He's more myself than I am. Whatever our souls are made of, his and mine are the same.”


“If all else perished, and he remained, I should still continue to be; and if all else remained, and he were annihilated, the universe would turn to a mighty stranger.”


And the one that absolutely broke me:

“Catherine Earnshaw, may you not rest as long as I am living. You said I killed you--haunt me then. The murdered do haunt their murderers. I believe--I know that ghosts have wandered the earth. Be with me always--take any form--drive me mad. Only do not leave me in this abyss, where I cannot find you! Oh, God! It is unutterable! I cannot live without my life! I cannot live without my soul!”


In conclusion, this is my second favorite book of all time, alongside Pride and Prejudice. I love this with my whole entire heart. I don’t know if this book has ruined me or put me to together but all I know is it’s one of the greatest books ever written. And poor Heathcliff, my heart hurts for him ):


CLOSING NOTE - Don’t buy this edition of this book. It’s so ugly and it’s so hard to read, because they messed up on the spacing of the printing. Buy a prettier edition please.


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READING THOUGHTS


Still - 22.16%

I’m spending the night at my grandmas house, and I forgot to bring my book