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Orlando

Virginia Woolf

3.84 AVERAGE

adventurous funny inspiring fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: No
hopeful reflective medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: No
challenging funny reflective slow-paced
adventurous mysterious medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
adventurous challenging funny hopeful inspiring reflective slow-paced

This book brings me so much pure joy, it's so funny, so evocative. One of my all time faves
emotional 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: Yes

3.5

Ah Orlando. I gave you up after reading the book halfway. Then I got assigned this book for a class, so I read it to the end. For someone who prefers to read books grounded in realism, Orlando seemed nonsensical. That was before I became acquainted with the entire genre of historiographic metafiction (I'm not making it up). Books like these are not supposed to make sense. They do not conform to reality because reality is beneath them. Why would you want Orlando to be a white anti-vaxx mommy when she could be an aspiring, gender-bending poet stuck in an endless loop of life and time intertwined?
I bet reading this book would be more fun if you do it when high. Just a suggestion. Do I enjoy reading or writing magical realism? Not unless you pay me a shit ton or base my grades on it. Would I recommend Orlando to anyone? Yes, because this book is an experience and you can always put it down if you don't like it.
adventurous emotional mysterious sad slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No