godofhavoc 's review for:

A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man by James Joyce

3.0

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Brilliant writing but boring to read. The vivid images James Joyce paints with his amazing language enthrals you all through the book. But it's very difficult to keep concentration for long as the content itself feels like a drag.

All in all I read it as precursor to Ulysses so that when I wouldn't be blindsided when I read that later.