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3.43 AVERAGE
3.43 AVERAGE
challenging
reflective
relaxing
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
reflective
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
challenging
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
what did i just read... i literally fell asleep while reading/listening to the audiobook and woke up for the last chapter dgjsjf
Audiobook. I really enjoyed this. I listened to it because I decided I should do some more classics and of never done Joyce. Really beautiful language. And an interesting semi autobiographical story of growing up in the Early 1900s in very Catholic Ireland and with the approaching nationalism. Loved hood friend cranley. Beautiful conversations with irony, humour and deep philosophy. I really enjoyed a poem Stephen write. And the description of given confessions to a lattice-eared priest.
reflective
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
“I’m a spiritual lyrical individual” - James Joyce
Joyce has held the title belt of English prose since 1916 and I don’t see anyone else claiming it. Maybe Nabokov could have gotten it if he’d been a native speaker. Anyway it’s really a sublime piece of art and one I will return to - once again - later in life. I look forward to reading Ulysses sometime soon, hopefully this year.
Also: this read was via audiobook, read by Gerry O’Brien, who was fit for the role
Joyce has held the title belt of English prose since 1916 and I don’t see anyone else claiming it. Maybe Nabokov could have gotten it if he’d been a native speaker. Anyway it’s really a sublime piece of art and one I will return to - once again - later in life. I look forward to reading Ulysses sometime soon, hopefully this year.
Also: this read was via audiobook, read by Gerry O’Brien, who was fit for the role
Lust.
Destruct.
Lust, destruct.
Lust, destruct.
Lust, destruct.
Destruct.
Run on. Run on. Run on. Run on. Run on. Run on. Run on. Run on. Run on. Run on.
The End.
Destruct.
Lust, destruct.
Lust, destruct.
Lust, destruct.
Destruct.
Run on. Run on. Run on. Run on. Run on. Run on. Run on. Run on. Run on. Run on.
The End.
emotional
reflective
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
i hate that i enjoyed this. dear god, do i hate that i enjoyed this. as an english minor i knew ahead of time i going to come across some terribly pretentious pieces of literature, and so far i think this may be the cream of the crop. stephen is the absolute *worst.* like, at no point throughout reading did i gain or feel any sympathy for him. like, claiming that aristotle didn't feel pity, you did—come on! you're not special! you're just a self-cenetered mansplaining man! but, for some reason, i enjoyed reading this book each time i picked it up, even if it was torturous. even if stephen's religious awakening took 60 pages. even if his treatment of everyone around him was as if he was superior. even as we never actually find out if he becomes an artist or not. i thoroughly enjoyed this. and i hate that. screw off james joyce. why'd you have to write such a wonderful piece of shit book.