Yup, totally get it, the first time I was about to pull my hair out reading the first few chapters, with the same names and the timeline jumping back and forth took me some time to get used to.
I'm glad you enjoyed this one so much! I, however, did not.
I felt like the construct of having a narrator provide a window into another narrator might have seemed cute back in the 1800's but was annoying to me. But the biggest problem with it was that MAJOR plot turns just happened with no explanation because neither of the narrators was around to witness them. I can only attribute this to lazy writing when the plot turns were inconsistent with the characters leading up to the turn. They would have had to be major, dramatic events and yet this reader was just left scratching (and shaking) his head.
Obviously, this is a classic so I must be in the minority.
Wuthering Heights might be a classic but it's also a pretty polarising book, so you're definitely not in the minority. I believe the parameters for deciding what makes a book classic are quite more complicated than I like/dislike this book.
For me the lack of clarity on certain plot developments doesn't feel like a major setback in my reading of the book, but I can totally how others might feel otherwise? I like the obscurity that comes with it and also with the doubly filtered narration style through two quite unreliable narrators. It's a bit old fashioned, but I like it because it makes the story very distant from the world I know and live in, giving it a somewhat fairytale or fantasy vibe, if that makes sense 😅
I am so excited to read this one!
Ohh! I hope you love this one because it's my favourite book and whenever someone says they didn't like it, it hurts me a little 🥲🥲
I didn’t like it mainly because it confused me with what was happening from the beginning and I can’t enjoy a book that I can’t follow.
Yup, totally get it, the first time I was about to pull my hair out reading the first few chapters, with the same names and the timeline jumping back and forth took me some time to get used to.
I agree. Lovely reflection
Thank you for reading 😊
I'm glad you enjoyed this one so much! I, however, did not.
I felt like the construct of having a narrator provide a window into another narrator might have seemed cute back in the 1800's but was annoying to me. But the biggest problem with it was that MAJOR plot turns just happened with no explanation because neither of the narrators was around to witness them. I can only attribute this to lazy writing when the plot turns were inconsistent with the characters leading up to the turn. They would have had to be major, dramatic events and yet this reader was just left scratching (and shaking) his head.
Obviously, this is a classic so I must be in the minority.
Haha like how Healthcliff made his money?
Wuthering Heights might be a classic but it's also a pretty polarising book, so you're definitely not in the minority. I believe the parameters for deciding what makes a book classic are quite more complicated than I like/dislike this book.
For me the lack of clarity on certain plot developments doesn't feel like a major setback in my reading of the book, but I can totally how others might feel otherwise? I like the obscurity that comes with it and also with the doubly filtered narration style through two quite unreliable narrators. It's a bit old fashioned, but I like it because it makes the story very distant from the world I know and live in, giving it a somewhat fairytale or fantasy vibe, if that makes sense 😅