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A review by meg_leigh
Night and Day by Virginia Woolf
2.0
I wanted to like this book, and just couldn't make myself do it. The writing is beautiful, but the story drags. Everything is always *about* to happen, without actually taking the plunge. Maybe that's the point--the idea that life is a series of almosts? That could be true, but it makes for a dull read.
When things actually happened, I could get into the story, but then I'd immediately be hit with thick pages of pretty prose that didn't advance anything. It didn't help that I also couldn't make myself like Katherine or Ralph. The way they use Mary, William, all the others around them like pieces in a chessboard was irritating. Again, maybe that's the point--we're all selfish, or some such. And again, maybe that's true, but it's not enjoyable to read for ~500 pages.
When things actually happened, I could get into the story, but then I'd immediately be hit with thick pages of pretty prose that didn't advance anything. It didn't help that I also couldn't make myself like Katherine or Ralph. The way they use Mary, William, all the others around them like pieces in a chessboard was irritating. Again, maybe that's the point--we're all selfish, or some such. And again, maybe that's true, but it's not enjoyable to read for ~500 pages.