A review by madzie
Orlando by Virginia Woolf

challenging emotional reflective slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

There is no doubt that this is a work of a literary master. It is impeccably written. It has great and important insights into gender. However, it personally did not strike anything in me. Orlando is such an insufferable character; I found he/she hard to empathize with at all. In the end, it felt like the themes of the story would be better written about in an essay than a novel (though perhaps would not have been accepted in the 1920s). Overall, it's just not the book for me.
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