Reviews

Monday or Tuesday by Virginia Woolf

thatmattcrowe's review against another edition

4.0

A very short collection of stories (barely 70 pages) that seem the testing ground for the style Woolf would implement in novels going forward (the only real exception being the straightforward but delightfully satirical “A Society”). Pieces like “Blue and Green” are barely a page long and could be argued as the origins of prose poetry. But that poetic prose can be found everywhere in this collection, from the sensations felt from an orchestra (“A String Quartet”) to observations and connections made from the smallest stimuli (“The Mark on the Wall”), to crossing nature and man in the “Kew Gardens”, probably the best and most complete story of the group.

Favourite(s): “An Unwritten Novel”, “A String Quartet”, “Kew Gardens”, “The Mark on the Wall”
Least Favourite: “Monday or Tuesday”

qkjgrubb's review against another edition

3.0

This was my first exposure to Virginia Woolf and I think I'm going to have to put her up there with martinis and caviar -- things you're supposed to appreciate in order to seem sophisticated, but really you'd rather have beer and tuna salad.

temegill's review against another edition

adventurous reflective slow-paced

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

2.0

bastimapache's review against another edition

4.0

Ocho cortas historias que dan una probadita del particular estilo, humor y profundidad de la escritura de Woolf. Mi favorita fue "A Society", un cuento feminista donde vemos una pequeña asociación de mujeres retratadas desde una parodia de la mirada masculina, tratando la imposición de valores femeninos inferiorizantes como la castidad, el culto a la masculinidad y los "temas de hombres", y el sesgo de género en las artes de la época, todo desde lo ridículo que resulta el tomarse en serio la misoginia de algunos.

growing_zoe's review against another edition

3.0

More of a 2.5 for me. Some of the ideas introduced were fun to entertain, but most of the short stories were misses. Just too many huge paragraphs vaguely linked together by some ideas. It was really good when it was engaging, though, which seemed to mainly be in A Society short story.

wanderlustlover's review against another edition

4.0

I have, admittedly, still a little bit of an undeniable adoration of Woolf's stream of consciousness (which was gained in an Upper Grad course focused solely on her and her major works). I loved the second story in this collection best.

And I can't wait to work into a few of my next collections I picked up of

karlmarxsbimboy's review against another edition

4.0

my first impressionist novel, disorienting but i loved it :) not my favorite work from woolf, but still better than 90% of what everyone else has done

allydee's review against another edition

reflective medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

A racial slur is used in one of the stories.

miekookeim's review against another edition

challenging funny lighthearted reflective relaxing medium-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

4.5

eleanortheghost's review against another edition

3.75

Loved "A society" and "An unwritten Novel" but the rest dragged on a little and were a little confusing. I'd need to re read it to properly take it in.