Wuthering Heights:

3.5 stars.

I really don't know where I stand with this book - I'm not sure if I liked it or if I hated it. I disliked all of the characters apart from three, who were: Hareton, Linton and Cathy. Catherine was an annoying, jealous wretch and Heathcliff was an vindictive, abusive and bitter man. I disliked Nelly, I had no feelings towards Mr Lockwood and Hindley was just a douche. BUT arguably this is what made Wuthering Heights so good; the fact that Brontë could make me hate near enough every character in this book proves that she's a fantastic writer. She took a risk by making this choice and I think it did her well. I don't think her intention when writing this book was to romanticise and idolise the common relationships that most authors write about; she wanted to take a spin on relationships that is often left unexplored. She added realism and the hard truth of love. Catherine and Heathcliff's relationships was toxic and poisonous and literally ruined everything around them and that's made it so fun to read.

However, there were a lot of things I disliked about this book. Mainly I hated the narrative. I feel like being told the story of Catherine and Heathcliff from two outside perspectives (Nelly and Mr Lockwood) made their love seem unconvincing. I never got to read the raw emotions and feelings of the main characters, and therefore I never got to experience the depth of each other's love. If it were told from either Catherine's or Heathcliff's perspective I feel like I would understand the dynamics to their relationship more.

There were many other things I disliked about this novel, just as there were many more I really liked, and for that reason I don't know where I stand with Wuthering Heights.