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To the Lighthouse by Virginia Woolf

9 reviews

evelynepisodes's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.25

This was a whole lot more accessible than the waves and moved me to a certain extent. However if I come back to it when I’m a little older I think it’ll move me more. The writing was packed and beautiful and the characters were incredible vivid. I really felt it when Lily started screaming “Mrs Ramsay!” into nothing, this mixture of grief and anger is so raw in this novel. Beautiful.

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pencilspeaker's review against another edition

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challenging reflective medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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ameliasbooks's review against another edition

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challenging reflective fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.75

I didn't love this as much as Orlando, but its dreamlike quality and its philosophical introspection somehow lured me in.

The second part lost me a bit, but overall this is an example of a book that only works, if you are picking it up at the right time in your life.

Take your time with it, let it sink in, read parts several times. For me it helped a lot to be listening to it on audio, it transported the atmospheric writing of Woolf really well for me.

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thatone2112's review against another edition

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emotional reflective

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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kers_tin's review against another edition

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emotional reflective sad 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? It's complicated

4.75

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atamano's review against another edition

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challenging reflective slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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afion's review against another edition

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5.0

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sofipitch's review against another edition

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reflective slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.0

Prose was beautiful but this book is just the reflections from the most interesting people on planet earth

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mercedes's review against another edition

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medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

This was hard to get into the rhythm of reading in the beginning, as it was my first foray into stream of consciousness writing. Once I got into it however, it was an immensely satisfying read and I'm so glad I continued with it. It soon became easy to grasp, Lily's perspective in particular was my favourite.

I have to say that this definitely going to be a difficult one to give a rating to. The prose is beautiful and warrants 5 stars, but I think this needs a reread for me to get fully invested into the story.

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