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melliedm's review against another edition
challenging
reflective
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
Moments of utter brilliance mixed in with a humour that must have appealed to the time, but which struggles to age with the same dignity as it’s gender themes.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Racial slurs and Racism
lucyatoz's review
challenging
emotional
reflective
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
Orlando by Virginia Woolf was an intriguing and surreal book to read.
Spanning just over 400 years, from 1500 to the late 1920's, it tells the story of Orlando in different times, places and genders! It is, at times, melodramatic, then philosophical, light hearted and then very intense. There are elements of it that I did not like, such as the racial slurs used, however, this was the language used at the times depicted and when it was written.
It is a very cleverly crafted story which has stood the test of time and is, in it way, a masterpiece of writing. However, the way that the ending was left was somewhat disappointing and left me feeling a little underwhelmed when the rest of the book had so much to say.
I own a copy of this book and listened to it on BorrowBox. I read this for prompt 29, published in a year of the Dragon (1928), for the 52 Book Club Reading Challenge 2024.
Spanning just over 400 years, from 1500 to the late 1920's, it tells the story of Orlando in different times, places and genders! It is, at times, melodramatic, then philosophical, light hearted and then very intense. There are elements of it that I did not like, such as the racial slurs used, however, this was the language used at the times depicted and when it was written.
It is a very cleverly crafted story which has stood the test of time and is, in it way, a masterpiece of writing. However, the way that the ending was left was somewhat disappointing and left me feeling a little underwhelmed when the rest of the book had so much to say.
I own a copy of this book and listened to it on BorrowBox. I read this for prompt 29, published in a year of the Dragon (1928), for the 52 Book Club Reading Challenge 2024.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Racial slurs and Racism
lenka_juchelkova's review
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
reflective
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Amazing gender bending story, would do without collonualism and racism though.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Racism, Colonisation, and Racial slurs
simoneritchey's review
adventurous
challenging
emotional
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Racial slurs and Racism
Minor: Suicide
zzola's review
adventurous
challenging
emotional
funny
inspiring
lighthearted
mysterious
reflective
5.0
Content Warnings
Moderate: Racism and Racial slurs
louisehall's review
adventurous
funny
lighthearted
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Racism
Moderate: Sexism and Murder
blusocket's review against another edition
4.0
Takes a while to warm up, but Woolf is so funny and insightful, the way she describes poetry and love is brilliant and her insight about how people change with the times and how they stay the same is deeply affecting.
Content Warnings
Minor: Racism
Additional note on the content warning; Woolf uses racial slurs periodically throughout the book and includes a lightly Orientalist depiction of a nomadic Turkish community (possibly/probably based on the Yuruks)charlma's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
funny
inspiring
mysterious
reflective
medium-paced
4.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Racism