A review by han_reardonsmith
The Waves by Virginia Woolf

5.0

Beautiful to revisit, although also at times enlightening about the mindset of the educated class in England about peoples and places their country has colonised. There is a great sadness underlying the whole work, to me, not only Percival’s death but also the passing of time, the changing priorities and concerns of each person, as they navigate life and love and ambition and mediocrity. It seems to me each represents a possible angle on Woolf’s own character, and perhaps relationship to depression. I felt deeply for each of the six friends (none more than Rhoda) and through them felt for Woolf also.