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Ulysses

James Joyce

3.64 AVERAGE

colbyorton's review against another edition

5.0

The greatest work of literature ever produced in English

sabrhabibi's review against another edition

3.25

challenging emotional reflective slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

amber_03's review against another edition

4.0

Wow, so much to unpack here. First of all, agree with what Samuel Beckett said about Joyce - that Joyce was not to be read 'it is to be looked at and listened', so super glad I listened to Ulysses as an audio book. Secondly, it's definitely a unique novel, unlike anything else I have ever read. The first 50% of the book sounded a lot like nonsense, until you move on to the second half and kind of understand better what is happening in terms of events and people that are taking part in those events. I really enjoyed the second part of Ulysses although the chapter "Penelope" is not so much to my liking due to describing Molly as quite a shallow character with very basic thoughts.

allie_shu's review against another edition

3.5

adventurous challenging funny reflective slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

zazreads's review against another edition

challenging slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

I'm glad to have this one in my literary backpack, but I simultaneously regret the time and effort I wasted on it.

Content Warnings

russianliteraturefan's review against another edition

4.75

challenging funny slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Content Warnings

bwood95's review against another edition

challenging reflective slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

emanuele312's review against another edition

4.5

challenging emotional funny reflective relaxing 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

book_busy's review against another edition

3.0

Oh my god it's finally over. This thing took over a month to read and in a way it was worth it, despite how incomprehensible some of the scenes felt. An interestingly profane novel and incredibly mercurial in terms of the voice the novel adopted from chapter to chapter.

Will have to re read this when I'm smarter in ten years.

maryann_quigley's review against another edition

1.0

challenging

Please don’t ask me what happened in this book

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