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Mrs Dalloway by Virginia Woolf

5 reviews

ez_heath's review against another edition

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

3.5

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gabriella_'s review against another edition

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

3.5

Incredibly depressing but I didn’t expect any differently. This book had one of the most touching depictions of PTSD I’ve ever read. Parts of it moved really slow and I found myself getting lost in the prose. It was a bit long winded and I know that’s a me-problem. It was a LOT more Sapphic than I anticipated (and what a treat that was)! It was very casually racist though and that deducted some points from me.

I think I will appreciate reading this more when I’m in my fifties, I think I’m just not in the right demographic for this one
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samarakroeger's review against another edition

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challenging emotional reflective slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

this is one of those books where I just knew it would be a new favorite from the first chapter. I flew through this in one sitting, despite the slow pace and utter lack of plot. I personally am fascinated by free indirect discourse and have recently been converted to being a fan of stream of consciousness narration. I also am not usually a big fan of books set over the span of only one day, but here I am with a huge exception. 

I was surprised at how familiar this book felt, and then I remembered I read The Hours five and a half years ago. I had forgotten the sapphic element (a welcome surprise!) and mistakenly thought that Clarissa was going to kill herself. 
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edwardian_girl_next_door's review against another edition

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challenging emotional inspiring reflective sad fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

This is my second time reading this book, and it is still one of my favourite reads of all time. Call me corny, but this is the book that changed how I look at expression and writing in fiction. The prose, almost water-like, flows through London over the course of one day, exploring lost loves, failures, mental illness, and the effects of colonialism and WWI. Each stream-of-conscious phrase is made with tenderly chosen words, full of Woolf's poigniant observance that makes the world almost painful to observe. It is a female-centred novel, with snippets of monologs from women of all different classes peppered throughout the unconventional narrative. I am forever impressed by how many threads Woolf manages to pack into one story, from the death of the old order to female agency in a metropolitan environment. There are so many little details to work out, and yet the whole thing glides so smoothly along that you don't want to stop reading! It's not for everyone, especially those who don't like the Modernists, but it takes my breath away every time I read it. I think if you're interested, give it a shot! It certainly can't hurt! (Check the content warnings though).
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ulyssies's review

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challenging dark emotional reflective sad slow-paced
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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