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Ulysses by James Joyce
4.0

This is a difficult novel to review as it depends on how you come to read it. I studied it in depth at University & therefore appreciated he tenuous (or madness) within Joyce's writing. How the chapters were firmed, how each is written in a different style to relocate a single trail of thought or the composition of a song; the plays on words, the reflections on past work. Taking all this into account, from a literary perspective, I couldn't hesitate to recommend it.

However, had I simply picked it up of my own accord, I would have surely put it down before the end of the first chapter, confused, possibly tired, & thinking it ain't worth the effort. Especially as nothing of much really even happens. So i would have to recommend n order to fully appreciate the novel, reading it as a group with regular discussion or a tutor would bet he most fulfilling.