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donasbooks's review against another edition
4.0
"The Waste Land" is the big attraction everyone comes to see in this collection. I greeted this seeming slim volume, never expecting pages stacked high with archaic namedrops, erudite references, and clumsy callbacks; I felt beleaguered by my reading of "The Waste Land," this performance of academic self-indulgence, if nothing else. So beset was I by Eliot's "fun," that I did not have any, as I ended my reading of the poem with no real clear idea of what I had read, and no desire to cover the material a second time.
I was moved however by my readings of other poems, such as "Whispers of Immortality," "The Love song of J. Alfred Prufrock," and especially "The Hollow Men," in which I read a great deal of meaning during the depression I experienced during my reading of this collection. Favorite lines:
This is the way the world ends
This is the way the world ends
This is the way the world ends
Not with a bang but a whimper
"The Hollow Men (V) p65
rating 4.0
recommended for fans of modern or contemporary poetry
I was moved however by my readings of other poems, such as "Whispers of Immortality," "The Love song of J. Alfred Prufrock," and especially "The Hollow Men," in which I read a great deal of meaning during the depression I experienced during my reading of this collection. Favorite lines:
This is the way the world ends
This is the way the world ends
This is the way the world ends
Not with a bang but a whimper
"The Hollow Men (V) p65
rating 4.0
recommended for fans of modern or contemporary poetry
trapezeswinger42's review against another edition
5.0
And now I know that Cats is TS Eliot fan fic!!!
booksntea99's review against another edition
5.0
Hauntingly beautiful and bleak, soul-baring and -crushing. Modernist poetry at it's peak bleakness and tragic.
jodiesbookishposts's review against another edition
5.0
I’ve wanted to read The Wasteland ever since my A Level English teacher kept mentioning it when we were studying The Great Gatsby.
I must admit, not a lot of it has sunk it. I think it’s going to be one of those poems that I read over and over again until I get it. Also, reading it on holiday didn’t help. I find it hard to concentrate on poetry and All Inclusive bars are too distracting.
When I do get around to rereading and studying it a little more, I will post a second review, maybe some quotes.
I must admit, not a lot of it has sunk it. I think it’s going to be one of those poems that I read over and over again until I get it. Also, reading it on holiday didn’t help. I find it hard to concentrate on poetry and All Inclusive bars are too distracting.
When I do get around to rereading and studying it a little more, I will post a second review, maybe some quotes.
pugslikemybooks's review against another edition
two problems that can co-exist are 1. i'm too dumb for the waste land and 2. the waste land is insufferably elitist
awargent's review against another edition
challenging
mysterious
reflective
medium-paced
4.0
This makes SO MUCH MORE sense if you listen to someone read it out, as a general rule.
Bit heavy on the classical allusions and the random languages (three cheers for google translate), but I actually really enjoyed it.
Bit heavy on the classical allusions and the random languages (three cheers for google translate), but I actually really enjoyed it.
Content Warnings
Minor: Antisemitism
wmmcmanlypants's review against another edition
4.0
Prufrock is still my cowardly, lovable bud as always.
hnm2015's review against another edition
4.0
I enjoy his work though many times I feel as though I am not smart enough to understand his meanings.