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A review by harpweaving
Between the Acts by Virginia Woolf
5.0
I started this book in the spring, then took a long break from it. I was too distracted, and found myself losing the thread. When I picked it up again yesterday, I wasn't sure if I would be able to find my way into it again; but I slid right in, as though I hadn't not read it in two months. The whole thing in fact felt much more real and immediate than it had before.
This is a strange book, and not quite as strong as To The Lighthouse or Mrs Dalloway. But the tide of words draws you in almost even more powerfully than in those books, though perhaps you're more confused as to where you're going. At the same time I was surprised by how many points of reference I recognized throughout the novel, which gave a comforting, familiar feel to it. Most of all the strong shades of "Howards End" that I felt towards the end, which made me very happy. "Orts, scraps, and fragments!" "Unity -- Dispersity!"
This is a strange book, and not quite as strong as To The Lighthouse or Mrs Dalloway. But the tide of words draws you in almost even more powerfully than in those books, though perhaps you're more confused as to where you're going. At the same time I was surprised by how many points of reference I recognized throughout the novel, which gave a comforting, familiar feel to it. Most of all the strong shades of "Howards End" that I felt towards the end, which made me very happy. "Orts, scraps, and fragments!" "Unity -- Dispersity!"