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As an English teacher, this is my favorite kind of assignment. I actually made my kids do this a couple of times in the past few years- remix whatever we had written, using the example of the Gatsby remix from this series & the Chosen & the Beautiful as examples (bc we had read Gatsby). They actually really get into it- often maybe a little farther & more excitingly than the books in this series, which I do feel are a little more toned down bc they are YA.
Also, have you read The Favorites by Layne Fargo? It’s Wuthering Heights but in the late 90s/early 2000s with ice dancers & it’s great. I hate WH & I loved this take. If you aren’t maxed out on WH, I recommend it! All the melodrama you could ask for! 😂
So does Suri's story stick with the Heathcliff-Cathy generation or does it go down to the next generation too? One thing I liked about Wuthering Heights but that I think many people don't like is that it takes two generations to work things out. It's too late for Cathy and Heathcliff, but the proper pairing can end up together one generation down. Stylistically, this lets Cathy and Heathcliff remain all tormented for the whole book but you get a sense of closure, too. ... I realize you hated the book, and that might have been one thing you hated about it! But my impression is that most people who hate it hate either Cathy or Heathcliff's characters, or both.
Looking at the plot summary, this remix looks fun! And I'd be fine for a happy ending for Cathy and Heathcliff--but if it also involves the second generation, then I'd like it less, because (for me) it would only make sense to have the second generation if the first generation can't be together.
@Francesca I can say with total honesty I don’t remember the second generation from Wuthering Heights at all haha. They do not appear in this book, whoever they maybe! But that totally makes sense in terms of how that would work in a story without a happy ending for Cathy and Heathcliff. If you read this I hope you enjoy! (And if you do, and you discover the second gen is there after all somehow, I would love to hear who they are!)
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As an English teacher, this is my favorite kind of assignment. I actually made my kids do this a couple of times in the past few years- remix whatever we had written, using the example of the Gatsby remix from this series & the Chosen & the Beautiful as examples (bc we had read Gatsby). They actually really get into it- often maybe a little farther & more excitingly than the books in this series, which I do feel are a little more toned down bc they are YA.
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Also, have you read The Favorites by Layne Fargo? It’s Wuthering Heights but in the late 90s/early 2000s with ice dancers & it’s great. I hate WH & I loved this take. If you aren’t maxed out on WH, I recommend it! All the melodrama you could ask for! 😂
So does Suri's story stick with the Heathcliff-Cathy generation or does it go down to the next generation too? One thing I liked about Wuthering Heights but that I think many people don't like is that it takes two generations to work things out. It's too late for Cathy and Heathcliff, but the proper pairing can end up together one generation down. Stylistically, this lets Cathy and Heathcliff remain all tormented for the whole book but you get a sense of closure, too. ... I realize you hated the book, and that might have been one thing you hated about it! But my impression is that most people who hate it hate either Cathy or Heathcliff's characters, or both.Looking at the plot summary, this remix looks fun! And I'd be fine for a happy ending for Cathy and Heathcliff--but if it also involves the second generation, then I'd like it less, because (for me) it would only make sense to have the second generation if the first generation can't be together.
@Francesca I can say with total honesty I don’t remember the second generation from Wuthering Heights at all haha. They do not appear in this book, whoever they maybe! But that totally makes sense in terms of how that would work in a story without a happy ending for Cathy and Heathcliff. If you read this I hope you enjoy! (And if you do, and you discover the second gen is there after all somehow, I would love to hear who they are!)
