Reviews

Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf

camicarreno's review against another edition

5.0

Es impresionante cómo Virgnia Woolf va cambiando de narrador. A ratos tuve que releer para ver quién hablaba en ese momento. La construcción de personajes es muy buena, especialmente la de Clarissa, Septimus y Peter. La historia transcurre en un sólo día, pero hay mucho de recuerdos y monólogo interior de los personajes, todos pensando en su vida y recordando situaciones que los marcaron. Es una escritura muy intensa, pero vale la pena. Hace tiempo que no subrayaba tanto un libro. Lectura totalmente recomendada.

mchl_btt's review against another edition

5.0

un romanzo sulla vita, che ti trasporta piano piano a conoscere (o non conoscere mai?) i personaggi del romanzo attraverso punti di vista che si susseguono e colpiscono il lettore come onde.

stupendo.

agathe02's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.0

jenniey3's review against another edition

3.0

Really well crafted novel and some of the most beautiful sentences I have ever read. However, it’s incredibly difficult to follow most of the time.

Nonetheless, this is an insightful look into Woolf’s own life and thoughts, as she uses Mrs Dalloway as an (at least semi)autobiographical platform.

yolanda_h's review against another edition

challenging reflective slow-paced

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

4.5

tessavanvlaanderen's review against another edition

emotional reflective slow-paced

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

3.25

evvaarose's review against another edition

4.0

thank you my school for picking a book that i actually am going to enjoy studying??!!!!! holy shit i felt like a little character just travelling within the minds of each character, listening to their thoughts and fears. i loved the social commentary!!! woolf did it so well, and i loved her commentaries on the class structures. the marriage themes here weren’t boring they slayed and i very much look forward to having to write many essays on it in school (and i’m very excited to see how my school will treat the themes of sexuality within the book)

piolhoestetico's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective relaxing medium-paced

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

5.0

dyno8426's review against another edition

4.0

Mrs. Dalloway is an amazing classic of its own kind. It is a story about a day in the life of a married woman who is supposed to host a party in the evening. But it is much more than that. The story goes forward-backwards in time, here-there in space, in-out of characters to knit a beautifully consistent plot. It tells you a lot about the powers and weaknesses of human nature, the English social structure of those times (post World War-I) and the different forms of love, through what I felt was "reverse engineering" of characters. It shows a London with Mrs. Dalloway at the centre. And Virginia Woolf achieves all this with a writing so continuous, so comfortable and so unique.

elysehdez19's review against another edition

5.0

"La señora Dalloway decidió que ella misma compraría las flores"

Es el segundo libro que leo de Virginia y no puedo dejar de sorprenderme de su forma de escribir, de recobrar un día en Londres y de seguir un poco a cada una de las personas que ahí viven, saber sus historias, sus pensamientos, su pasado.

Clarissa Dalloway es una señora de sociedad, y no es más que un reflejo de lo que pudo haber sido Virginia si no hubiese sido una chica rebelde por las normas, apasionada de las letras y que además tuvo una gran educación por parte de sus padres.