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3.79 AVERAGE
3.79 AVERAGE
this is written so incredibly poetic that it’s hard to understand what’s happening at times. but as i have come to understand, it’s not a story with an interesting plot - it’s rather just a few mundane every day happenings portrayed using the inner world (of people) as the ’real world’.
you should just go into this book focusing on the characters and their feelings and thoughts and memories rather than what’s happening in the scene around them.
i will definitely be rereading this one and other of virgina wolf’s books since i feel like i was not able to grasp every beautiful detail this first time.
also, i loved our artsy, insecure, independent woman; lily <3
you should just go into this book focusing on the characters and their feelings and thoughts and memories rather than what’s happening in the scene around them.
i will definitely be rereading this one and other of virgina wolf’s books since i feel like i was not able to grasp every beautiful detail this first time.
also, i loved our artsy, insecure, independent woman; lily <3
DNF
This book is so incredibly not for me it’s funny. I understand the importance of Woolf’s writing on an objective stance, but subjectively, this is the most boring book I’ve had the misfortune of reading. There’s no plot, the characters feel all the same and I’m bored, bored enough to not finish it because there’s no point. I’m not finishing this because this story does not give me anything. No entertainment. No learning. No joy. And reading is meant to be fun, at least to me.
This book is so incredibly not for me it’s funny. I understand the importance of Woolf’s writing on an objective stance, but subjectively, this is the most boring book I’ve had the misfortune of reading. There’s no plot, the characters feel all the same and I’m bored, bored enough to not finish it because there’s no point. I’m not finishing this because this story does not give me anything. No entertainment. No learning. No joy. And reading is meant to be fun, at least to me.
challenging
emotional
hopeful
reflective
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
reflective
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
What
A observation of the Ramsay family and how they handle, view and move through the passage of time. A deep dive into family dynamics and complex inner monologues surrounding connecting with others and personal longing, which the lighthouse symbolises.
How
My mindframe was not sharp during this read and finishing the book felt difficult. Although a short book I would not say it’s easily digested. I got lost a bit. Considering this I’d say the writing was in depth, each thought was pushed to conclusion but scattered, like an inner voice in one’s mind. If that was wolfs intention she succeeded.
True
Yes, themes about fulfilling the needs of others in the family, The longing for what might have been or could be, and how time passes and acceptance is a solution to proceed unrestricted.
Best bits
Il have to reread I think. Disappointingly didnt connect significantly with many lines. One line w Mrs Ramsay thinking about possibilities missed earlier in the book, and exploring in her mind hypothetical lives she could have lived if chosen.
A observation of the Ramsay family and how they handle, view and move through the passage of time. A deep dive into family dynamics and complex inner monologues surrounding connecting with others and personal longing, which the lighthouse symbolises.
How
My mindframe was not sharp during this read and finishing the book felt difficult. Although a short book I would not say it’s easily digested. I got lost a bit. Considering this I’d say the writing was in depth, each thought was pushed to conclusion but scattered, like an inner voice in one’s mind. If that was wolfs intention she succeeded.
True
Yes, themes about fulfilling the needs of others in the family, The longing for what might have been or could be, and how time passes and acceptance is a solution to proceed unrestricted.
Best bits
Il have to reread I think. Disappointingly didnt connect significantly with many lines. One line w Mrs Ramsay thinking about possibilities missed earlier in the book, and exploring in her mind hypothetical lives she could have lived if chosen.
"Yet she said to herself, from the dawn of time odes have been sung to love; wreaths heaped and roses; and if you asked nine people out of ten they would say they wanted nothing but this; while the women, judging from her own experience, would all the time be feeling, This is not what we want; there is nothing more tedious, puerile, and inhumane than love; yet it is also beautiful and necessary."
so many tears lol this was fantastic
so many tears lol this was fantastic
reflective
slow-paced
challenging
reflective
medium-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
I love everything I've read by V. Woolf, although somehow I always think that "Who's afraid of Virginia Woolf" is also by her, even after I'm reminded that it's not.
“So loveliness reigned and stillness, and together made the shape of loveliness itself, a form from which life had parted; solitary like a pool at evening, far distant, seen from a train window, vanishing so quickly that the pool, pale in the evening, is scarcely robbed of its solitude, though once seen.”
challenging
reflective
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes