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scribblequest 's review for:
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
by James Joyce
I switched to an audio book after roughly the first 60 pages because I just couldn't bring myself to read it. It got easier with the audiobook. (Problem is: I have to read it for uni)
The only thing that I found remotely interesting was the political situation in Ireland and the conflict between religion and politics. The rest was rather boring, I have to admit.
Stephen Dedalus doesn't seem like he fits in anywhere, which I guess is the fate of a lot of artists, especially at a young age. But that's about it. That's the only extent to which I could relate to the character.
Contrary to what I had heard about the book in our lecture at University, it does mark direct speech - just not in the way that we are used to by using inverted commas. It was fine, I could make out when somebody was speaking. But what really annoyed me were Stephen's constant jumps between memory and present and the lack of designation on that, because it got quite confusing.
The only thing that I found remotely interesting was the political situation in Ireland and the conflict between religion and politics. The rest was rather boring, I have to admit.
Stephen Dedalus doesn't seem like he fits in anywhere, which I guess is the fate of a lot of artists, especially at a young age. But that's about it. That's the only extent to which I could relate to the character.
Contrary to what I had heard about the book in our lecture at University, it does mark direct speech - just not in the way that we are used to by using inverted commas. It was fine, I could make out when somebody was speaking. But what really annoyed me were Stephen's constant jumps between memory and present and the lack of designation on that, because it got quite confusing.