ananthousflorist's review against another edition
4.0
Some choice quotes:
"'Was it nice in Spain?' Celia was asking. 'Did you see wonderful things?'
'Oh, yes!' Eleanor exclaimed. 'I saw...' She stopped. She had seen wonderful things - buildings, mountains, a red city in a plain. But how could she describe it?"
"Although it was close on midnight, it scarcely seemed to be night; but rather some ethereal disembodied day..."
"When, she wanted to ask him, when will this New World come? When shall we be free? When shall we live adventurously, wholly..."
"But one wants somebody to laugh with, she thought. Pleasure is increased by sharing it. Does the same hold true for pain? she mused. Is that the reason why we all talk so much of ill-health - because sharing things lessens things? Give pain, give pleasure an outer body, and by increasing the surface diminish them..."
"Millions of things came back to her. Atoms danced apart and massed themselves. But how did they compose what people called a life?"
"'Was it nice in Spain?' Celia was asking. 'Did you see wonderful things?'
'Oh, yes!' Eleanor exclaimed. 'I saw...' She stopped. She had seen wonderful things - buildings, mountains, a red city in a plain. But how could she describe it?"
"Although it was close on midnight, it scarcely seemed to be night; but rather some ethereal disembodied day..."
"When, she wanted to ask him, when will this New World come? When shall we be free? When shall we live adventurously, wholly..."
"But one wants somebody to laugh with, she thought. Pleasure is increased by sharing it. Does the same hold true for pain? she mused. Is that the reason why we all talk so much of ill-health - because sharing things lessens things? Give pain, give pleasure an outer body, and by increasing the surface diminish them..."
"Millions of things came back to her. Atoms danced apart and massed themselves. But how did they compose what people called a life?"
corvuscorax's review against another edition
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
4.25
The wonderful texture of a Woolf book, with her usual remarkable insights into human nature and the nature of change, yet this wasn't really my speed. I tend to veer away from historical books because of some usual overly-romantic pitfalls that this one unfortunately does not avoid. Just wasn't my cup of tea, but great nonetheless.
racheljane96's review against another edition
reflective
relaxing
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.5
blakeisgreene's review against another edition
challenging
funny
reflective
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.75
beltorres91's review against another edition
4.0
Una maravillosa reflexión sobre la vida y el tiempo.
hillersg7's review against another edition
4.0
An intense read, with such acute observation of character, of 'ordinary' urban landscape, of seasons turning, of times changing. Sometimes challenging read, also surprising and somehow beautifully incomplete, so that you keep on wondering about the characters and the lives they are living.
afterthegoldrushes's review against another edition
reflective
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? N/A
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
2.75
etakloknok's review against another edition
challenging
reflective
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
bidgoodaine's review against another edition
challenging
reflective
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.5