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I just emerged from the moors and, wow, I’m still trying to shake off that haunting chill!

As a writer, I kept thinking about the contrast between our modern 'rules'—fast pacing, instant hooks, brevity—and Emily Brontë’s style. She literally drowns you in an ocean of murky emotions and dialogues that feel like they’ll never end. It’s a real test of endurance, but there is something so incredibly powerful about how she pins you to the page through sheer atmospheric force.

What really got to me was how the past seems to haunt every corner of the house, especially as the story progresses. The boundary between what’s real and what’s just... haunting feels more and more blurred. It’s a masterclass in how obsession can remain fiercely relevant across centuries.

I'm curious: for those of you diving into this for the first time, are you struggling with the 'slow-burn' and the heavy prose, or has the intense, dark bond between Catherine and Heathcliff already hooked you?

Alexandra wrote: "I just emerged from the moors and, wow, I’m still trying to shake off that haunting chill!

As a writer, I kept thinking about the contrast between our modern 'rules'—fast pacing, instant hooks, br..."

OMG, I just started this yesterday for the first time and it is slowly killing me. I know I need to keep going, but YES, I am struggling with the slowness and dialogue so far!

I did read Wuthering Heights at school and found it hard going with Joseph's dialect. However, as part of the BOTM YA reading, I dusted off my copy and started reading it again, and still I find the dialect/writing of his speech to be annoying. But I will push through again because despite this one annoying part of the book, the story is fascinating!

J. wrote: "I did read Wuthering Heights at school and found it hard going with Joseph's dialect. However, as part of the BOTM YA reading, I dusted off my copy and started reading it again, and still I find th..."

Yeah, I know it is supposed to be an amazing story, I guess I will just have to trust the process, hahahaha.

Had this book sitting on shelf for YEARS (unread) and when I heard the news about the 2026 movie coming out, I FINALLY picked up the book to get context in order to watch the movie. Well...the 2026 movie is more like a fanfiction rather that an adaption. This idea the WH being a forbidden romance doesn't sit right with me.
***SPOILERS
It's a tale about how a (implied) outsider takes revenge on the current generation (and the future generation that he also went after) that have oppressed him (along with other triggering topics like domestic violence, alcoholism, etc.). Emerald Fennell DIDN'T get the assignment!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I do wonder though why Wuthering Heights is seen as YA?

J. wrote: "I do wonder though why Wuthering Heights is seen as YA?"

I was wondering the same thing! According to what I read, it says it's because it explores intense, coming-of-age emotions and features young protagonists. I don't know that I would agree with that assessment throughout the book, but I guess no one asked me, haha.

Reading this I just kept thinking, I would literally go crazy too if I lived on a gloomy bog with nothing to do and no where to go. It seems like they are just legit bored to death and every time Cathy met a boy she fell in love with him lol I did overall enjoy the story and what it meant at the time showing class and society was important but Emily are you okay?? 😅

Bailey wrote: "J. wrote: "I do wonder though why Wuthering Heights is seen as YA?"

I was wondering the same thing! According to what I read, it says it's because it explores intense, coming-of-age emotions and f..." Glad I'm not the only one thinking this. An interesting book though...

Alyssa Nikole wrote: "Reading this I just kept thinking, I would literally go crazy too if I lived on a gloomy bog with nothing to do and no where to go. It seems like they are just legit bored to death and every time C..."

Girl, if I fell in love as quickly as Cathy does, I would also be crazy, hahahaha

I read this book back in 2022 as a school assigned book. Respectfully speaking the new wuthering heights movie is like a wattpad werewolf fan fiction, there is literally nothing romantic about this book in all hoonestly heathcliff needs therapy and a daily dose of holy water

I finally finished the book and I hated everything about it. It absolutely never got better. The characters were so sociopathic and if they weren't sociopaths, the were immature and selfish. I honestly don't know how this became so popular, but it turns out it wasn't about the writing style, it was about the story in general.