Reviews tagging 'Ableism'

Mrs Dalloway by Virginia Woolf

5 reviews

bookish_bry's review against another edition

dark reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

This book is beautifully written and I loved parts of it, but other parts didn't quite click with me. It also takes a while to get into.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism and Suicide

allapaz's review against another edition

4.75

this truly surprised me, i did not expect to enjoy this so much. to be fair, a good chunk of that is because i listened to the audiobook while reading this, and that was so much fun. woolf's stream-of-consciousness style is a ton easier to understand when someone is performing it for you on audio, and that for sure allowed me to just fly though this and be fully immersed.

everyone is so petty, lovelorn, funny, and interesting. the flashes of crazy dark thoughts and the septimus storyline gave such a valuable weight to the time and place of this novel. truly transportive.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and War

Moderate: Ableism

Minor: Misogyny

kers_tin's review against another edition

hopeful lighthearted reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Suicide, Racism, Xenophobia, Suicide attempt, Forced institutionalization, Suicidal thoughts, Medical trauma, War, Classism, Ableism, Colonisation, and Mental illness

Moderate: Gun violence and Grief

nannahnannah's review against another edition

reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

2.0

I've seen this book on many wlw reading lists, and that's ultimately what made me pick this up at the library. Unfortunately, that's also the (largest) reason I disliked it.

Mrs. Dalloway is a book that's more of an experiment in stream of consciousness than anything written in prose or poetry style. It made reading and enjoying this novel difficult, to say the least. Yeah, I can be impressed by Virginia Woolf's skill as a writer, but it ends there. Reading this was a challenge I don't ever want to attempt again. After finishing the last page, there was no satisfaction, no particular feeling of conclusion, etc.

What's it about? Honestly . . . much of nothing. You as a reader are taken wandering around as characters go about their day. You experience one character's views, then hop into another's mind, then another. Then you end the day. 

That's about it. 194 pages later, and I'm not really sure what I possibly have gained from this book. satisfaction? no. Positive wlw representation? no. A story? no. 

I know people say the experience of the writing and setting an atmosphere is worth reading, but I can't agree, I'm sorry.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicide

Minor: Ableism

itsheyfay's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism, Death, Grief, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicide, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Racism, Ableism, and War

Minor: Forced institutionalization, Homophobia, Lesbophobia, and Biphobia