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3.84 AVERAGE
3.84 AVERAGE
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
slow-paced
adventurous
challenging
emotional
funny
hopeful
mysterious
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
mysterious
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:
Complicated
Živopisno. Poetično. Magično. Genijalno. Ispred svog vremena kao i uvijek, gđa. Woolf. ❤️
funny
lighthearted
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:
N/A
challenging
mysterious
reflective
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I found this book frankly exhausting to read. The prose is incredibly flowery, and often goes in page long rants about nothing much at all. Maybe at a different time in my life (or with a longer attention span) I could appreciate this differently, but as it is I was not fond.
Orlando is an incredibly internalized/self-centered person, and as such seems almost to be the only real character in the novel. It seemed perfectly logical that s/he might live centuries without even realizing because s/he was always at home writing or contemplating nature for ages and pages at a time. Orlando is always searching for life, meaning, and connection, and rarely finding it. This was relatable, but that's a miserable way to live and no fun to read about.
The commentary on gender was fun, intelligent, and bitingly witty, particularly the bit about the secrets men tell their sons getting out.
The classism in this book was irritating, and the racism nearly unbearable. Almost every chapter Woolf inserts an offhand racist remark about a black person without ever giving one even a word of dialogue. Being a "product of its time" makes this no less sickening.
I disliked that theoretically important people in Orlando's life all ended up glossed over. Specifically her husband and child. Did she care about/raise the kid at all, or does he only exist to prove her womanhood? Did she ever see her husband again after they got marriedand before the end scene in which, if I'm interpreting correctly, she dies ? Sasha is the one who got away but I kept expecting her to come back for some reason.
Orlando is an incredibly internalized/self-centered person, and as such seems almost to be the only real character in the novel. It seemed perfectly logical that s/he might live centuries without even realizing because s/he was always at home writing or contemplating nature for ages and pages at a time. Orlando is always searching for life, meaning, and connection, and rarely finding it. This was relatable, but that's a miserable way to live and no fun to read about.
The commentary on gender was fun, intelligent, and bitingly witty, particularly the bit about the secrets men tell their sons getting out.
The classism in this book was irritating, and the racism nearly unbearable. Almost every chapter Woolf inserts an offhand racist remark about a black person without ever giving one even a word of dialogue. Being a "product of its time" makes this no less sickening.
I disliked that theoretically important people in Orlando's life all ended up glossed over. Specifically her husband and child. Did she care about/raise the kid at all, or does he only exist to prove her womanhood? Did she ever see her husband again after they got married
Content Warnings
Graphic: Racial slurs
Moderate: Racism
lighthearted
reflective
slow-paced