Notes from the Underground & The Double by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

Notes from the Underground & The Double by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

5 of 5 stars

Damn it, this one gave headaches...and stomachaches - from laughing.

Dostovyesky's a man who likes to think so much, I think. His lead character has natural queerness, and we could be friends, in fact, best of friends.

If all men would think like this man, well I don't really know, I'll have a hard time picking who's the best lol.

Seriously speaking though, it's easy for him to be disagreeable, but at some parts, I can't help but agree in his views. The book didn't really follow a plot like the usual ones, but it was consistent in telling thoughts freely.

After 10 years, or more, I shall re-read the book and see if I'd still feel the same for the lead.

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A Little Princess by Frances Hodgson Burnett

A Little Princess by Frances Hodgson Burnett

5 of 5 stars

It was so nice to read something so light after such a heavy feeling. T_T I almost wanted to go back to ten years before.

I think, Frances Burnett is one hell of a story-teller, she must've been a good child herself. I feel ashamed for not remembering she's the author of The Secret Garden, the first novel I've read that was authored by her.

I didn't also recognize that this is actually the novel where 'Sara, Ang Munting Prinsesa' was based. The movie altered a few, but it maintained the Sara Crewe Burnett created. It was proven in the story that Burnett indeed loved to read, and maybe, just maybe, we have similar tastes. She liked The Count of Monte Cristo, it was funny and damn entertaining how she made Sara Crewe such a darling intelligent girl to have all her imaginations so strong that the attic was considered a Bastille, and she and Becky, prisoners, Miss Minchin - the jailer.

It was so simple, and I think this should be included in Reading classes for elementary students. Had I met this book while I adored dolls, I might've turned out differently. Lol.

All in all, I love the story, and everyone. It's a good read especially after a bad day, or after reading heavy books.

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Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë

Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë

5 of 5 stars

When my favorite character died, I suddenly wished the story was told from his perspective. I kept on wondering - What if Heathcliff told the story? Is his mind that brutal? Although Ellen Dean told the story with justice for all sides, it still didn't give a great detail of how that man's mind works.

I think Bronte is quite exceptional. Given the fact that this is not the kind of home she grew up with, it was amazing how she managed to weave her characters. I, honestly, enjoyed it despite the darkness and sadness that enveloped the story.

Emily's character were all sad in their own ways. But I noticed they were all sad because they loved somebody so deeply. I blame Catherine Earnshaw for that - had she chosen Heathcliff and not 'status', the story would direct to another ending. But of course, Emily's plot made everything entertaining and the book was hard to put down. Such a shame this was her only novel. I would've read another from her right away.

All in all, it seems to tell a story about love, but more than that, it is a story about a great kind of love - for family, honor, important people, and to one's own self.

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