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4.13 AVERAGE
4.13 AVERAGE
challenging
emotional
reflective
relaxing
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:
Yes
Hopefully, I'll write a longer review later. I hugely enjoyed this book. It was like reading poetry.
This book is pure poetry.
Following the lives of six friends from childhood to old age, it is told by each friend in turn through their internal stream of conciousness. It's a difficult read: at times it's hard to keep track of the characters, and some events are only hinted at. The characters melt into each other like waves in the sea, and the narration emphasizes the nature of human experience and memory.
The book is written in beautiful, poetic language. Days and nights consist of moments that flow after one another and are filled with sensuous stimuli: details of nature, of people immersed in work, tactile sensations and relaxation after the day in an armchair by the fire or the pleasure of dinner with friends.
While the six friends stay in close contact throughout their life and live an outwardly contented life, the overall tone of the book is sad. People are lonely among each other and the struggle of life, while exhilarating at times, is futile.
Following the lives of six friends from childhood to old age, it is told by each friend in turn through their internal stream of conciousness. It's a difficult read: at times it's hard to keep track of the characters, and some events are only hinted at. The characters melt into each other like waves in the sea, and the narration emphasizes the nature of human experience and memory.
The book is written in beautiful, poetic language. Days and nights consist of moments that flow after one another and are filled with sensuous stimuli: details of nature, of people immersed in work, tactile sensations and relaxation after the day in an armchair by the fire or the pleasure of dinner with friends.
While the six friends stay in close contact throughout their life and live an outwardly contented life, the overall tone of the book is sad. People are lonely among each other and the struggle of life, while exhilarating at times, is futile.
challenging
mysterious
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
no tengo palabras
es probablemente el q más me ha gustao ever de virginia en plan es de mis libros favs de toda la historia de la humanidad no entendéis
es como si hubiera cogido mi cerebro hubiera desenredado los tubitos y los hubiera leído y luego hubiera escrito sobre ellos convirtiéndolos en algo súper bonito a su vez
ha cambiado mi vida i'm a new woman
es probablemente el q más me ha gustao ever de virginia en plan es de mis libros favs de toda la historia de la humanidad no entendéis
es como si hubiera cogido mi cerebro hubiera desenredado los tubitos y los hubiera leído y luego hubiera escrito sobre ellos convirtiéndolos en algo súper bonito a su vez
ha cambiado mi vida i'm a new woman
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
N/A
Probably my least favorite Virgina Woolf book. Maybe I feel this way because I found it the most difficult to get through or because I read it towards the end of my Woolf seminar.
challenging
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
"It is strange that we who are capable of so much suffering, should inflict so much suffering."