hwestenhofer 's review for:

A Room of One's Own by Virginia Woolf

2.0

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I have yet to find a Woolf text for which I've fallen head over heels, and this extended essay definitely did not meet the cut. I really appreciate the ideas that Woolf explores in this text; however, like the other Woolf texts I've read, the writing is very dense and hard to follow. I understand her methodology behind this--to present the arguably feminine free-flowing nature of ideas--but it makes the reading unappealing for me. She delves deep into important feminist topics regarding women in the literary world, and I appreciate her intellect here; nevertheless, I wish that it was written in a different manner that was easier to follow and digest. I believe that this is an important work in the canon of feminist literature and should be read in that regard, but I believe there are better feminist books that are easier to swallow.