Review by ahlove - Mrs. Dalloway

ahlove 's review for:

Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf

3.5

when people said woolf was difficult to read, i did not believe them until i started reading mrs. dalloway! felt like i had cotton stuffed into my brain for the majority of the book, especially the first ten to thirty pages. woolf wrote the thoughts of each character so seamlessly, you'll hardly notice you're reading a different perspective at all! which is what makes it so challenging and confusing! this, combined with the fact that all references of the story's setting seemed to have flown over my head (as a non-westerner), resulted in me having to use a little (a lot) of help (thank you sparknotes). that said, i think i'll still pick up some of woolf's major works (really looking forward until i have the courage to pick up the waves), just not now nor in the next six to twelve months.

Content Warnings