Reviews

Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman

knuxxlove's review

2.0

While his language was beautiful, it was too rambley. He would go on and on on little lists that did describe the beauty of life, but made the purpose of the sentence hard to follow. I liked that it expanded my vocabulary a lot, but the book the author rambled too much and had no focus.

alexreadsboooks's review against another edition

challenging reflective fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? N/A
• Strong character development? N/A
• Loveable characters? N/A
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

3.5

oneiroi17's review against another edition

I think if I was more familiar of the context Whitman was writing in, the area in the time period, I would have appreciated this more. As it was, although the poems are technically good, I just couldn't connect to them.

omnivoreal's review against another edition

inspiring slow-paced

3.5

liztaylor772's review

relaxing slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? N/A
• Strong character development? N/A
• Loveable characters? N/A
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

3.25

literary_intoxicated's review against another edition

I am halfway through my edition. The last page is 277. But I feel like I am just reading a string of words thrown together. Maybe I just don’t understand poetry. I might pick it back up later. This is the first DNF of my “Read a Classic a Month” challenge 2024. 😕

rowanine's review against another edition

adventurous challenging hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective relaxing slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? N/A
• Strong character development? N/A
• Loveable characters? N/A
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

5.0

davidkinnonn's review against another edition

challenging reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? N/A
• Strong character development? N/A
• Loveable characters? N/A
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

4.25

niclas491's review against another edition

inspiring reflective slow-paced

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

5.0

sarahwiltshire's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring reflective slow-paced

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

4.0

I almost gave up on this after several attempts to read and understand it. However, I thought to seek a review and would recommend Benjamin McEvoy (https://youtu.be/FTU9dinZbv4?si=ubvM74halq6N_23Y) who makes at least 'Sing of Myself' much more accessible and helps to uncover what Whitman was trying to convey. I now feel that it is worth returning to the poem time and again to reveal more of Whitman's experience and philosophy of life - especially as he revised it many times until he died nearly 30 years after he first wrote it.