Thomas’s Reviews > Wuthering Heights > Status Update

Small correction. Heathcliff escalated rather quickly, but it is still hard to sob much tears for Nelly and Linton Jr. I feel bad for Cathy Jr. though, as while she is a bit of a brat, she is probably the best out of the lot.

No matter what Heathcliff does, all I see is that injured young boy who was labeled a devil the moment he was bestowed to these isolating cliffs.

This is shaping up to be one of my favourite books.

The scene where Heathcliff laments on Hareton Jr. is just so sad as he compares the injustice of class and character, knowing that he is merely speaking of his own previous experience.

Yes everyone is terrible, but I still consider Heathcliff the most righteous but this is really a competition between a bunch of horrible people.

As a wealthy British woman, Catherine is stuck in what, to her, feels like a nightmare as it is due to the pressures of gender, class, and to a lesser extent ethnicity/race, that she had to suddenly marry Edgar over Heathcliff. I don't feel bad for Catherine personally but it's a classic 19th century tragedy - probably the final period where such an issue can cause such trouble in this corner of the world.

The worst thing that Heathcliff has done so far was be rude to the new neighbor in the first few chapters. That really speaks to how awful everyone else is to him.

Bought my own copy because I've had one dream and one daydream about this book, and that sort of thing does not casually happen.

'O Heathcliff I still do not yet hate you. In fact I cheer for you to destroy these aristocrats.

How the hell does Heathcliff get whitewashed in adaptations? I thought him being Roma was like a minor note of appearance but it's like the center point of his character. Insane.