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tortello_alla_zucca's review
emotional
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
2.75
hollyway's review against another edition
reflective
slow-paced
4.0
This is such a quiet book, full of vivid characters and observations. Sadly, I didn't read this at quite the right time to fully appreciate it, but I did overall enjoy it. Joyce's writing is beautiful and insightful and at times incredibly moving.
enzley's review
emotional
reflective
sad
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
4.75
This is a very good book (a shockingly original take). It’s a short story collection and each one has such a distinctive atmosphere, but the whole collection pulls together very well. I mean, it’s a literary classic for a reason.
scroquis's review
reflective
medium-paced
5.0
виходячи з назви очевидно про що буде йтись мова — звичайне життя дублінців періоду джойса, такі які вони є, без прикрас. мені дуже сподобалось, я добре відпочила і занурилась у цю атмосферу — трохи темна, похмура з певним антуражем під кожну історію. мені сподобалось те як це було реальним, як точно джойс передав для мене ці події, почуття персонажів, їхні думки. не знаю чи це заслуга перекладу чи все ж таки джойса, але мені також сподобалось як написаний текст, які речення, слова тощо. можливо в цьому немає нічого особливого, але для мене за всіма моїми емоціями і думками це нагадує «перевтілення» кафки
khyland's review against another edition
challenging
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? N/A
- Strong character development? N/A
- Loveable characters? N/A
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A
4.5
lelia_t's review
4.0
I preface every review of short stories by saying I’m not a good short story reader. Most make me tense while delivering only a key-hole vision of the narrator’s experience. Most of the stories in Dubliners fit this pattern and I can’t say I relished reading them. The exception is The Dead, a story I’d read in high school and remember as being my introduction to the transcendent beauty that can be found in prose. I found it just as beautiful this time around, but having lived a little more I appreciated the way Joyce takes us from the small worries and social niceties of a party to the stirrings of Gabriel’s passion for his wife and then to a moment of being, or spot of time, where his vision opens to include all the living and the dead in Ireland. It’s a beautiful story that seems almost a blessing on the lives of all the characters we’ve caught glimpses of in the previous stories.
isabeldnnt's review
challenging
emotional
inspiring
reflective
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? N/A
- Loveable characters? N/A
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A
3.5