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4.13 AVERAGE
4.13 AVERAGE
here am i- shedding on of my life skins, and all they will say is bernard is spending 10 days in rome
This is a challenging book filled with poetic language and it’s not your usual narrative. I personally love this style and the so-called “stream of consciousness” and I still found the first few sections to be hard to finish and almost made me want to close this book up… Until the turning point. There was a point in which everything simply started to make sense, it clicked and then I HAD to finish it. For these reasons I can’t give it more than 4, but in terms of actual beauty, this book is unmatched. Not for the weak readers who are not used to being challenged by modernism.
It gives me the feeling of being gently rocked in a cradle made out of time
Heel veel betere schrijvers hebben er niet geleefd, heel veel mooiere boeken zijn er niet geschreven, en ik heb ook regelmatig met volle teugen genoten, maar ik heb toch heel even getwijfeld tussen 4 en 5 sterren, puur en alleen omdat ik toch ook regelmatig heb geworsteld. Soms kwam ik er echt niet in, kreeg ik echt geen toegang tot de tekst. Ik wijt dat echter vooral aan het feit dat niet alleen de vorm van het boek uitdagend is voor steeds losse kwartiertjes voor het slapengaan, maar vooral ook aan het best pittige Engels, met veel woorden die ik niet kende. Ik heb bijna nooit problemen met Engels, ik ben notabene afgestudeerd in de Engelse Taal en Cultuur, maar een volgende Woolf zal ik misschien toch in vertaling gaan lezen. Al gaf het eveneens briljante, maar toegankelijker geschreven Mrs Dalloway me geen problemen. Hoe dan ook: een literair genie, die Virginia Woolf.
challenging
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
emotional
reflective
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
'Primarily boring, secondarily confusing, for 167 pages,' she said.
This is a book I am not smart enough to get. I have no idea what happened or if anything happened. All I know is the book is amazing.
Beautiful, unique, poetic, surreal and way ahead of its time. One of those books that immerse you, submerge you in the mind of the characters, in their thoughts, their feelings, their consciousness.
Didn't connect with this at all, it basically seemed like a meaningless sequence of words in which occasionally seven people's names were repeated and waves were mentioned. The only emotion it made me feel was anxiety because I didn't understand what was happening.