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superraven666's review against another edition
5.0
Dubliners, tales of greatness, tales of sadness, tales of hopelessness, life and death, hope and sorrow, anger and frustration, night, snow, summer, cold, warmth. Tales of the ancient and of the future. Dubliners are ambiguous characters, complex but simple, each short story is so simple yet so hard to understand. Silliness, adulthood, poetry of the death and praising of the living ones. The living dead ones, the dead living ones. The dogma, the addiction, jail, bottled stout, work, clockwork, routine, habits, everyday life. End of story epiphany, chemical romance, absolute masterclass storytelling. Piece of art, piece of hate, piece of warmth and hospitality, a light in the dark and a candle in the night. Rage, desire, fate, money, expectations, impoverishment. Richness of the culture. The past entangled with the present, shades of the future. Misunderstanding, broken life, broken dreams, we want what’s above but get nothing. James Joyce is a genius in his art, every word, sentence, metaphor or character is overthought. Bring back literature.
atuin's review against another edition
3.0
I really appreciated the commentary on these stories to better explain the historical and cultural context, and the stories themselves were all interesting. I think my favorite of these stories was Eveline, as I found the anxiety and the difficulty in making a choice to be relatable.
amess's review against another edition
reflective
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.75
kiaracrawley's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
ericacomm's review against another edition
emotional
reflective
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A
3.0
hcube3's review against another edition
challenging
informative
reflective
sad
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
semaj's review against another edition
reflective
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
bmusa31's review against another edition
1.0
I might have been to young to understand it at the time. However, I hated having to go check the footnotes to understand the book.
cham0haz's review against another edition
challenging
reflective
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? N/A
- Strong character development? N/A
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
2.0
trhodg's review against another edition
3.0
Perhaps I’m missing the contemporaneous social and political context of Joyce, but I couldn’t really get into this. As a whole, the book does paint an interesting and bleak picture of Dublin, but many of the individual stories felt inconsequential. “The Dead” was great, though.