1.89k reviews for:

Ulysses

James Joyce

3.64 AVERAGE

rerine's review against another edition

4.75

challenging funny reflective slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

mrthebunj's review against another edition

5.0

challenging emotional funny reflective slow-paced

willyandy's review against another edition

0.25

slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

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It's bored, extremely lengthy and tells absolutely nothing,
a story that did not deserve to be told in more than 100 pages.
and for its lovers: It is fallacious to say that imitating The Odyssey has merit.
At best, it’is an academic exercise.

agateg's review against another edition

3.5

challenging 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: Complicated

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 “Think you're escaping and run into yourself. Longest way round is the shortest way home.” 

rachnsl's review against another edition

3.5

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

revolution666's review against another edition

5.0

challenging funny mysterious reflective slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

letamcwilliams's review against another edition

2.0

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My review shouldn’t be a judge of this book’s character, personally I just felt the length/energy put into understanding this book vs payoff was very uneven

baztoe's review against another edition

3.0

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This was such a slog and was 2 stars before penelope. Half of the chapters were incomprehensible to me. Joyce is undoubtedly an amazing writer, but the book was far too stylised in that the so much clarity was lost because of the way he told his story, which made it not very enjoyable to read. Still, it was technically brilliant and some of the less challenging chapters were great.

resa1965's review against another edition

4.5

emotional informative reflective medium-paced

bookishmarie's review against another edition

5.0

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This is my first time reading Ulysses outside a classroom environment as part of a group meeting weekly to discuss the journey. And while it is one of my favorite books this has been my favorite reading experience of Joyce’s big, bold masterwork. The book rewards digging deep and thinking big and over the course of 5 months we did just that.