A review by pupaebug
Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf

challenging reflective sad medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.25

This book was definitely not what I expected. Virginia Woolf's stream of consciousness writing style was very difficult to get used to at first. There is essentially no break at all in the narration. The perspective jumps from person to person every few pages. It is really unlike any book I've read before in that way. It was such an interesting introspective story about the infinite lives of every single person and all of their thoughts, their insecurities, and their fears that they experience in just one day. Every single person in this story, no matter how small their part, had a life, dreams, desires, motives, and struggles with living in 1920s England. And it was so cool the way the party represented life. How Clarissa's perfectly planned party was intruded with thoughts about a past love, old friends, politics, and even death, as these things creep up in our lives every day whether we welcome them or not.
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