The Temple of the Golden Pavilion
by Yukio Mishima

★★★☆☆

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"That's it?" was the first thing I said when I finished this book. I feel somewhat neutral about it, there was too much purple prose for me and I wished we would have seen the aftermath of the arson, I also had a hard time feeling anything but disgust for the characters.
I was very invested in the first chapters, but after chapter 4/5 since I couldn't connect with any of the characters I started to feel a tad bored. I had a hard time getting through the last three chapters and felt like the ending was VERY abrupt.

I had already read another Mishima book, "Life for Sale" a month ago and the writing style was completely different! From what I read online, "The Temple of the Golden Pavilion" is the book that represent best his writing style. So, I don't think I would read another one of his book, but it was an interesting experience to read about a despicable character's vision of beauty.

Apr 20 - May 11

Wuthering Heights
by Emily Bronte

★★★☆☆

I feel conflicted about this one, I went into it blind and wasn't expecting much from it. I'm not a big Classics reader tbh.

I didn't like the fact that around 95% of the text was just a story being told by someone, in that case Nelly. It made the story feel kind of bland? Like everything had already happened. I also didn't like the fact that many things felt flat, for example, when one of the character dies in childbirth, it happens in Literally a line? Many things are just glossed over and I feel like we skip over a lot of interesting themes because of that.

Like with The Temple of the Golden Pavilion, I felt like most of the characters were despicable, and I don't like to read about people I despise.

I'm still glad I read it because it's a classic of english litterature, and i feel like it's a refenrence I could be able to use during my studies.

Jul 25 - Jul 30