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The Voyage Out

Virginia Woolf

3.65 AVERAGE


Conversations between strangers are lovely things to read.
emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
dark emotional reflective slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
challenging reflective slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
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3.75
emotional funny reflective
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
challenging emotional reflective slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

Parts of this reminded me of E.M. Forster, the introspection, trying to get to the root of feelings and the nature of life and reality and so forth. Part of this was boring, when reading about extraneous characters for instance, who represent the traditional staid old guard. The most beautiful parts were dreamy and melancholy and just wistfully divine.

Flourish & Blotts Golden Trio Challenge 2019
Prompt 46, Durmstrang: Read a book with a boat in it

bu kitap hakkında söyleyebileceğim çok fazla şey var. ama belki başka zaman söylerim bunları. 1 puanı kitabı etkilemeyen bazı karakterlerin harika anlatılmasına rağmen kitap ilerledikçe hiçbir işe yaramadıklarını ve kafamı karıştırdıklarını fark ettiğim için kırdım. bir de kitabın sonlarına doğru ciddi bir duraklama oldu. okurken çok sıkıldım. ama woolf'un karakterini biraz bildiğim için neden böyle olduğunu tahmin edebiliyorum. gayet iyi bir kitaptı. ileride de yeniden okunur.
adventurous reflective relaxing medium-paced

I would have liked this book better if she hadn't stuck to such a typical narrative and narrative structure. I know this is Woolf's first novel and it certainly has a lot of promise but knowing what I know about her writing style, this book is the beginnings of that development and I was left wanting. There are some excellent parts, but on the whole, more of a nice little book than anything else.