Saturday, January 31, 2009

Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte

Ok. Now I've wanted to read Wuthering Heights for a long time now. I think I bought the copy I have over a year ago...maybe even two years ago now. It took me a little while to get going and once I did I was really enjoying it. I had to put it down in the middle to finish "Beside a Burning Sea" for book club which hurt my momentum. I did finish it this morning though.

I have to say, I didn't love this book. I know it's a classic, but I found the story to be really sad. Two people who love each other, but then marry other people. Hello? No happy ending for those two people. Then their children, who are cousins, end up together at the end after they say some hurtful things to each other and act stupid.

I'll say that the writing style takes getting used to and is just as difficult to read as Jane Austen is. I really loved "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Bronte (sister of Emily)--story was great and writing style was easy to read. WH was the opposite.

I will say that even though I wasn't thrilled with this one, I'm glad I can say that I've read it. Another crossed off my forever growing list of books to read.

I'm sure Nancy will post on "Beside A Burning Sea" at lovestoeatlovestoread.blogspot.com. I really enjoyed that one--fast paced read with love stories and a villian during WWII. It was fun...some of the gals in bookclub didn't think so. It was a fun discussion though.

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