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3.84 AVERAGE
3.84 AVERAGE
challenging
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
adventurous
funny
inspiring
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
I've read this for my Bachelor's thesis. It is not as easily accessible as other modernist books, for the language is quite... old-timey with lots of works you need to look up (either bc you have never heard them before in your life or bc they have a different meaning today). It's very poetic about nature, very description-heavy, and you need some historical side info and perhaps an insight of modernist ideas. The narrator has a voice, and they're not unreliable, just VERY subjective. Orlando is a fuckboy poet (soft-boy?) for the first half of this book, before he turns into a woman. She then behaves like a woman would, tho some masculine traits remain, until she later on is troubled by the Victorian era's expectations. Orlando's gender and sexuality remains ambigious, she remains the same Elizabethan poet throughout while becoming a part of every era at the same time. A book about queer identity and relationships, a seemingly immortal person finding themself, and poetry. I would rec to read a summary first to get an idea and feeling for the plot.
adventurous
mysterious
slow-paced
mysterious
reflective
medium-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
emotional
mysterious
reflective
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
rip (?) orlando you would have loved they/them pronouns
also idk why this took me so long to read i low-key missed twink orlando
also idk why this took me so long to read i low-key missed twink orlando
I really enjoyed the novel’s exploration of gender and sexuality in relation to performativity over time. The times jumps were also pretty interesting and I loved the sarcastic tone of the narrator throughout. I think the last part was a bit slow but did have some clever points on writing as a profession.
loved this – obviously the themes of gender have been discussed a lot (rightfully so) but i was really struck by how woolf depicts the passage of time.
the ending in particular feels so effortless. what a talent!!
the ending in particular feels so effortless. what a talent!!
challenging
reflective
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes