3.98 AVERAGE

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective slow-paced

Lovely, beautiful, heartfelt, touching.

"In the long run, with the strange bedlam always in process of sorting itself out, as the present-day became history, the poets and the prophets counted for more than the conquerors"
lighthearted reflective relaxing slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

a sweet book about an old woman surrounded by people who only care about government, money, and social custom, whose whole life was taken away from her on account of being a woman in the late 1800s-early 1900s, managing to reclaim a bit of that after her husband dies. my only note is the pacing & division of sections was really rough because it could go 70 pages without a single break at times.

i loved reading about deborah and her assessment of her long life and how changing times bring and brought forward morw opportunities for the next generation of women

A wonderful look at a time and place, a family, and aging. Beautifully constructed. Very strong recommend.
inspiring reflective fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: No
emotional reflective slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Como muchas lectoras, el nombre de Vita llegó a mi a través de Virginia Woolf y el romance que ambas mantuvieron. Que Virginia admirase a Vita como escritora, fue el empujón que necesitaba para comenzar una novela suya. Y qué alegría haberlo hecho.

Toda Pasión Apagada es un relato plano, lineal y de re-descubrimiento de una anciana que se acaba de quedar viuda. Una historia sencilla y que te atrapa, aunque no desde el principio, todo hay que decirlo.

La narrativa de Vita, y coincido con muchas reseñas de sus obras, tiene algo especial que te sumerge incluso en la historia más lejana a ti. Leyendo esta novela, es comprensible entender por qué fue un éxito en su época: no es tradicional, se sale de los estándares y si bien no creo que sea correcto hablar de feminismo, teniendo en cuenta las fechas, si que percibo un ligero atisbo, una chispa de liberación de la mujer de los roles que tenían, marcado por supuesto, con un necesario toque de realismo.

Por último, destacar el curioso y llamativo parecido de esta novela con alguna que otra de Virginia, no en la trama sino en la esencia, y es que ya comentó Vita en su momento que Virginia era una fuente de inspiración para ella, incluso antes de conocerla.

@lawellsiana

A treasury of simple wisdom and an utter delight.
adventurous lighthearted mysterious relaxing medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated
reflective medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes