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3.84 AVERAGE
3.84 AVERAGE
adventurous
challenging
mysterious
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
adventurous
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
hopeful
inspiring
lighthearted
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
lighthearted
reflective
relaxing
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
adventurous
challenging
funny
reflective
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
This was a fascinating book to read. Woolf's is not a style I'm well-acquainted with, but oddly her side characters reminded me of the kind Vonnegut would write? Is she a known inspiration of his? I'm not THAT well-read.
I'm interested in how Woolf kind of makes herself as the biographer a character in its own. It's written in this very self-aware, almost self-conscious style where attention is called to certain artistic choices to defend them. It plays well with how reflective Orlando is as a person, and prone to existential depression. It feels weird to call this book "funny", but her antics are just so humorous to me? And the distortion of time lends it a kind of surreal feel. Not something I'd normally read, and I'm glad to be branching out!
I'm interested in how Woolf kind of makes herself as the biographer a character in its own. It's written in this very self-aware, almost self-conscious style where attention is called to certain artistic choices to defend them. It plays well with how reflective Orlando is as a person, and prone to existential depression. It feels weird to call this book "funny", but her antics are just so humorous to me? And the distortion of time lends it a kind of surreal feel. Not something I'd normally read, and I'm glad to be branching out!
funny
mysterious
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Took a bit to get going but once it’s started up it’s just really funny in a bizarre kind of way.
challenging
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I hate it so much that if I had a physical copy of it I would've bought an incinerator just to burn it.
Long-winded, narcissistic, abhorrently descriptive novel with somewhat a non-existent fever dream of a plot.
How can one measure worthiness of the book?
So once my mind was distracted whilst listening to it and when I returned my attention, the narrator was talking about the same stuff. Flabbergasted, I rewind those 10 minutes. AAAAAND... Yes Woolf is actually THAT long-winded and boring.
Such a shame that works like this are getting celebrated while new authors and contemporary literature in its whole are being dismissed as a passable mass-produced media.
Long-winded, narcissistic, abhorrently descriptive novel with somewhat a non-existent fever dream of a plot.
How can one measure worthiness of the book?
So once my mind was distracted whilst listening to it and when I returned my attention, the narrator was talking about the same stuff. Flabbergasted, I rewind those 10 minutes. AAAAAND... Yes Woolf is actually THAT long-winded and boring.
Such a shame that works like this are getting celebrated while new authors and contemporary literature in its whole are being dismissed as a passable mass-produced media.