Re Jane Eyre–it was impossible to give that book a fair shake to because I knew the big spoiler going in. There was no way I wouldn’t read this book. There’s so much history that we’re not taught that young readers deserve to know about.” I hope my re-imagining will also help make readers a little more aware of the long, long history of South Asians in Britain. I want to write a reclamation that says: everyone comes from somewhere, and colonialism may try to make us its monsters, but we don’t have to let it. It’s also the story of the destructive influence of a boy who doesn’t belong: a boy who looks ‘foreign’ without having any particular history of cultural identity a monstrous boy who has no place, no family, no right to want things, and wants them anyway. Suri called the classic novel a favorite of hers, “a strange and polarizing book: dark and gothic, passionately romantic and pointedly cruel. But this one is by Tasha Suri, the author of my favorite book of 2021 ( The Jasmine Throne, the first installment of The Burning Kingdoms, an epic romantic fantasy trilogy) and her explanation of why she wanted to retell this particular story made me feel she got Wuthering Heights. Wuthering Heights is one of my favorite classics, so a retelling of it is a particularly tall order to pull off. I love retellings of fairy tales but retellings of literary classics often don’t work for me, because the voice of the original author and the voice of the retelling author are different.

Janine: I felt trepidation too, but for different reasons. I’m not a die-hard fan but I like it a lot I think Jane is an awesome, unique character and Rochester is entertainingly broody and the story progresses in an interesting way. I have read Jane Eyre twice, in high school and college, and seen countless adaptations of it. That is, I’m sure, a simplistic distillation of reality Janine can speak more to her feelings on each book, obviously. Of course there are readers who love or hate or are indifferent to both books, but given that they written by sisters, each with her own unique take on romantic love, comparisons are inevitable.Īnyway, in my mind, Janine is a Wuthering Heights person and I am a Jane Eyre person. There exists a theory that readers are either Jane Eyre fans or Wuthering Heights fans, and that never the twain shall meet. Jennie: When Janine brought this book to my attention and suggested we review it together, I was both intrigued and trepidatious. Jennie B+ Reviews / Book Reviews abuse / anger / British Indian main character / classic literature / cultural heritage / diversity / England / forbidden-love / Georgian Era / identity / othering / POC / POC author / Retelling / Tasha Suri / Wuthering Heights / Yorkshire 18 Comments JREVIEW: What Souls Are Made Of: A Wuthering Heights Remix by Tasha Suri

What Souls Are Made Of by Tasha Suri