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ag_marion's review against another edition
challenging
reflective
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.75
amyrezende's review
challenging
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? N/A
- Strong character development? N/A
- Loveable characters? N/A
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A
3.5
beck4books's review
challenging
reflective
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? N/A
- Strong character development? N/A
- Loveable characters? N/A
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
2.5
elon's review against another edition
4.0
Virginia Woolf was truly a genius with words. Sadly, there's a couple of novellas I simply don't "get". However, when she's at her finest, like in "A society" or "The mark on the wall", she's unrivalled in understanding the mind and society.
shiloniz's review against another edition
4.0
I really enjoyed this small collection, but my favorites were A Haunted House, Green and Blue, and Kew Gardens.
colorfulleo92's review against another edition
3.0
The short stories has Virgina Woolf unique and beautiful writing and they are wonderful to read. I would read her shopping list and find it delightful, but that being said the story's was maybe to short for my taste to really stand out. Still a 3 stars but not my favorite of her works
thatmattcrowe's review against another edition
4.0
A very short collection of stories (barely 70 pages) that seem the testing ground for the style Woolf would implement in novels going forward (the only real exception being the straightforward but delightfully satirical “A Society”). Pieces like “Blue and Green” are barely a page long and could be argued as the origins of prose poetry. But that poetic prose can be found everywhere in this collection, from the sensations felt from an orchestra (“A String Quartet”) to observations and connections made from the smallest stimuli (“The Mark on the Wall”), to crossing nature and man in the “Kew Gardens”, probably the best and most complete story of the group.
Favourite(s): “An Unwritten Novel”, “A String Quartet”, “Kew Gardens”, “The Mark on the Wall”
Least Favourite: “Monday or Tuesday”
Favourite(s): “An Unwritten Novel”, “A String Quartet”, “Kew Gardens”, “The Mark on the Wall”
Least Favourite: “Monday or Tuesday”
qkjgrubb's review against another edition
3.0
This was my first exposure to Virginia Woolf and I think I'm going to have to put her up there with martinis and caviar -- things you're supposed to appreciate in order to seem sophisticated, but really you'd rather have beer and tuna salad.