so-soThe beginning of the book was quite gripping and I thought it was going in a completely different direction. By the end I wasn‘t too fussed about it, I figured out the twist pretty early on and got quite angry about one character that was disappointing. However! The book is really readable and some aspects of the story were nice
We have been so busy with our new puppy, Cooper, that I have been reading but not posting. I have been reading this one for about 2 weeks. It is a decent read but extremely slow going for me.
pickNormal people have a 'note copy' and a 'pretty copy' right? I think I'm a lost cause. 😂
In all seriousness, this book is my escape. Sometimes I like to get lost in it, other times I like to strip it back and theorise and analyse it... But that's just me. #litstudent #wutheringheights #classic #myescape
#QuotsyDec19 Day 15: #Tea
so-soNot a bad whodunnit, but the twist is a little...trite? It was sprinkled with enough misdirection for me to get my hackles up over the overdone tropes typical of murder mysteries. I‘m not panning this book simply because it was not quite as far into the tropes as I‘d feared (but it is a close thing, because it‘s really damn trope-y).
pickI really liked this very atmospheric and creepy story written with great skill which absorbed me from beginning to end. Melmoth, a spirit, the woman who went to the open cave after the crucifixion denies seeing jesus and is doomed to wander forever drawing sinners to her. The bk, set in Prague, finds Helen drawn into the mystery of lost papers abt melmoth, +we see stories of crimes as well as helen's own mystery. A great rd for dark winter nights.
Since I read a lot of "classics" over the last decade, it was easier to come up with a #ClassicsEdition of #Top10oftheDecade rather than a #FictionEdition: Revolutionary Road, Gone With the Wind, Anna Karenina, A Wrinkle in Time, To Kill a Mockingbird, Play It As It Lays, East of Eden, Fahrenheit 451, We Have Always Lived in the Castle, and Rebecca. What are your favorite classics?
@Cinfhen
“His great wealth was a certain element of security. Society—civilized society, at least—is never very ready to believe anything to the detriment of those who are both rich and fascinating. It feels instinctively that manners are of more importance than morals, and, in its opinion, the highest respectability is of much less value than the possession of a good chef.”
