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3.43 AVERAGE
3.43 AVERAGE
emotional
reflective
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
A little slow going in the beginning, then I enjoyed the first 2/3 of the book. The last 1/3 felt too….. academic in nature. I understand this section was about the protagonist discovering himself and making major life decisions, but the dialogue was difficult in areas. Overall, a decent read.
challenging
reflective
slow-paced
so as a french and irish catholic this hit way too hard
Stephen is not like other girls, and he needs you to know this.
challenging
reflective
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
Wopsy, dopsy this book hasn'tbeen the easiest read on my agenda, but I wanted to start the year in a stronger format aaaaand boy, did JJ delivered!
I read it like a poem, I read it like a song, I read it slow, climbing between the parts hiding behind the scenes, trying to tear it apart, to make something of Stephen's story.
It's presented the fast paced journey of a boy into manhood and all that it means to grow up in Ireland, XX century.
I found his schooling chilling, especially because of the methods applied in punishing the badly behaved. ( The students were beaten up with some sort of cane. Not the prettiest sight to see, for sure).
Have patience with the book. It had been written for other times, not the crazy fast ones of our century.
I read it like a poem, I read it like a song, I read it slow, climbing between the parts hiding behind the scenes, trying to tear it apart, to make something of Stephen's story.
It's presented the fast paced journey of a boy into manhood and all that it means to grow up in Ireland, XX century.
I found his schooling chilling, especially because of the methods applied in punishing the badly behaved. ( The students were beaten up with some sort of cane. Not the prettiest sight to see, for sure).
Have patience with the book. It had been written for other times, not the crazy fast ones of our century.
reflective
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Another one from the "100 years of Popular Books on Goodreads" list. This was the 1922 entry. It had been a while since I read anything like this. I liked it (3.5)! It is written in a stream-of-consciousness style, but at the same time it also reads a lot like an epic. You see the main character growing up as a young boy, all the way to higher education and self-exile. Because of this, the vocabulary changes throughout the story, as Dedalus figures out what hedonism, sexuality, philosophy, nationalism, and even deep religiosity mean to them and their identity. I'm going to read the author's "Ulysses" as well, which seems to have a lot of character/background overlap!