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4.21 AVERAGE
4.21 AVERAGE
inspiring
medium-paced
challenging
informative
inspiring
reflective
slow-paced
This book has the problem of being formative to my thinking at seventeen years old. Thus, I can't write a objective review. I do, however, recommend it to bookish seventeen year olds.
inspiring
reflective
fast-paced
I feel indebted to all women writers, artists, academics, etc that put everything on the line to allow women of today to really do whatever they want to do. That right is so fragile and so often taken for granted but reading this essay will change the care in which you will have for that hard fought freedom.
Oh, Virginia Woolf. I am often surprised by how relatable and unexpectedly hilarious classic literature can be. And this one is no exception. I don't agree with everything Woolf has to say here (I think her take on Charlotte Brontë is a bit too harsh among others), but it is incredible how much of what she says here is still pertinent, which can be both depressing and illuminating.
A friend recommended I watch the documentary The Red Pill. I googled it and read this instead. This was my introduction to Virginia Woolf and I was a little amazed at her timeless relevance.
informative
reflective
relaxing
sad
slow-paced
I just thought that it was not written in an engaging way and whenever she addressed a topic it took her way too long to get to the point. I did put some notes in there and highlighted parts but in general I was disappointed.
A classic. An amazing travel to the past. And as many people say "we study the past so we don't make the same mistakes in the future" and let me tell you. This book is that quote. It made me think a lot about how a woman was the protected one to have rights and liberties. This book is a wake up call to not give up. To never give our liberties to someone, to write to study who we are. To be friends, to be someone in a world where man can't even take our opinion. This book is amazing and I just wish it was bigger and bigger because Virginia has an amazing writting (or maybe this was an amazing translation?). The way she constructed this speech (because this book is her speech and not a book she wrote) it's amazing and every woman should read this at least once.