Reviews

Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf

evvaarose's review against another edition

4.0

thank you my school for picking a book that i actually am going to enjoy studying??!!!!! holy shit i felt like a little character just travelling within the minds of each character, listening to their thoughts and fears. i loved the social commentary!!! woolf did it so well, and i loved her commentaries on the class structures. the marriage themes here weren’t boring they slayed and i very much look forward to having to write many essays on it in school (and i’m very excited to see how my school will treat the themes of sexuality within the book)

piolhoestetico's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective relaxing 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? No

5.0

dyno8426's review against another edition

4.0

Mrs. Dalloway is an amazing classic of its own kind. It is a story about a day in the life of a married woman who is supposed to host a party in the evening. But it is much more than that. The story goes forward-backwards in time, here-there in space, in-out of characters to knit a beautifully consistent plot. It tells you a lot about the powers and weaknesses of human nature, the English social structure of those times (post World War-I) and the different forms of love, through what I felt was "reverse engineering" of characters. It shows a London with Mrs. Dalloway at the centre. And Virginia Woolf achieves all this with a writing so continuous, so comfortable and so unique.

elysehdez19's review against another edition

5.0

"La señora Dalloway decidió que ella misma compraría las flores"

Es el segundo libro que leo de Virginia y no puedo dejar de sorprenderme de su forma de escribir, de recobrar un día en Londres y de seguir un poco a cada una de las personas que ahí viven, saber sus historias, sus pensamientos, su pasado.

Clarissa Dalloway es una señora de sociedad, y no es más que un reflejo de lo que pudo haber sido Virginia si no hubiese sido una chica rebelde por las normas, apasionada de las letras y que además tuvo una gran educación por parte de sus padres.

fungusek's review against another edition

reflective relaxing

4.0

fatalflaw's review against another edition

4.0

settling into virginia wolf’s writing style was hard to adapt to, but once i was accustomed to it, i discovered virginia to be nothing short of a genius. 

bluelizzz's review against another edition

slow-paced

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

4.0

She's an icon, she's a legend, her style is brilliant, but not for everyone.

And probably not for me?
I enjoyed the plot and her choice of words. I adore a good methaphore, and attention to details. 
But the pace is killing me. 200-ish pages took me MONTHS to finish! I had to read it like a page a day to wrap it up somehow. I'll give it another chance with "To the Lighthouse" or "Orlando" (I loved the movie).

The characters are probably more fascinating than the story (where Mrs.Dalloway prepares for the party and reminices about the old days). The antiwar plotline just crushed me in the best sense possible

(as a ukrainian suffering from war in real life, I felt SO MUCH for the poor Septimus and Rezia). And the kiss scene with Sally... as a bi woman this scene now lives rent free in my head forever

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sandydollreads's review against another edition

emotional reflective relaxing medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

sarahrussell's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

jasmainem_readsalot's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective slow-paced

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

3.75