What could have happened in the meanwhile…

Synopsis

It would degrade me to marry Heathcliff now…”

Cathy’s immortal words from Wuthering Heights change Heathcliff’s life.  At just seventeen years of age, heartbroken and penniless, he runs away to face an unknown future.

Three years later, he returns – much improved in manners, appearance and prosperity.

But what happened during those years? How could he have made his fortune, from nothing? Who might his parents have been? And what fate turned him into literature’s most famous anti-hero?

For almost two centuries, these questions have remained unanswered.

Until now…

My review

Yes, I am not ashamed admitting I’ve read Wuthering Heights several times. Each time I was reading it, I wondered what Heathcliff did the years after he left Catherine.

I guess nobody will ever really know and we can only use our own imagination.

And that’s exactly what Sue Barnard did.

She thought what could have happened and created her own story.

And after reading her story, it makes all perfectly sense.

As said before, we can only imagine what adventures Heathcliff took part in, but this story fills in all the blanks.

It stays also true to the writing style of Emily Brönte, keeping you in the same atmosphere.

It’s also a nice touch that you read from different point of views, making sure you gather the whole story, all the thoughts and feelings.

Everybody who read Wuthering Heights knows how the story ends for Heathcliff, and honestly, he wasn’t the nicest person in the world.

This book made him look more human, less unlikeable.

You get to learn him, see what caused the hardness in his demeanor and you sympathise with him.

So my initial fear of having one of my all time favourite books being torn into shreds, was totally misplaced.

This was a great story to read and enlighted me, made me enjoy it to the full!