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sambowyer's review
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
fast-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
3.0
emilychau's review against another edition
challenging
reflective
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
katj3x's review against another edition
5.0
Just to add a dissenting voice: aside from Dubliners, most of which I'm too impatient to care for, this is the only Joyce I've read. And it's beautiful, beautiful, beautiful — like a story told in projected slides, each taken with minute sensibility, scattered gently out of order after so much time.
amurray914's review against another edition
4.0
A beautifully written short piece based on Joyce's infatuation with an attractive young student of his in Trieste. At only 16 pages and sparse text that could be described as somewhere between prose and poetry, there is so much in here. Joyce abandoned this work and never intended its publication (it was rescued by his brother Stanislaus), but reused pieces in A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, Ulysses, Exiles and even his poetry (A Flower Given to my Daughter). This nice limited edition has a great introduction and notes from [a:Richard Ellmann|3572|Richard Ellmann|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1273510388p2/3572.jpg] and includes a facsimile copy of the original handwritten manuscript, four of the pages actual size.
ruhh's review
informative
reflective
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
2.5
hafle's review
emotional
lighthearted
reflective
sad
slow-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