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ameliasbooks's review against another edition
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.
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.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Death, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Racism, Grief, and Death of parent
Minor: War
theremightbecupcakes's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
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
4.5
Content Warnings
Moderate: Death, Emotional abuse, Sexism, Death of parent, Gaslighting, and War
Minor: Classism
bill369's review against another edition
reflective
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.25
I read this book for the Classics Reading Challenge.
I didn't grow to love the characters. I don't care about them.
The life of members of the Ramsay family. A life filled with tension and commonness. I find this book quite tiresome, yet I must admit it gives a decent inside into the middle-class life of the twentieth century. Also, it's admirable how the author manages to portray everyday life with such sophisticated language.
Page 55, the insufficiency of relationships.
(...), zrovna teď, přímo v okamžiku, kdy ji bolela každá připomínka nedostačujícnosti lidských vztahů – že I ten nejdokonalejší má chyby a nesnese zkoumání, kterému je z lásky k manželovi a svým instinktem pro pravdu podrobila; (...)
Page 218, where to start?
Kde začít? – to je ta otázka; v kterém místě udělat první tah? Jedna linka namalovaná na plátně ji vystavovala nespočetným rizikům, mnohým a neodvolatelným rozhodnutím. Všechno to, co se v myšlenkách zdálo jednoduché, stalo se v praxi okamžitě složitým; zrovna tak jako se vlny z útesu zdají symetricky od sebe vzdálené, a pro plavce uprostřed nich jsou rozdělené hlubokými zátočinami a pěnícími hřebeny. A přece, riskovat se musí, musí se udělat první tah.
Page 236–237, repose.
Paní Ramsayová seděla tiše. Byla ráda, myslela si Lily, že může tiše odpočívat a nemusí s nikým mluvit, odpočívat v nesmírné záhadnosti lidských vztahů. Kdo ví, co jsme, co cítíme?
Page 245–246,
Co je to tedy? Co to znamená? Dokážou věci natáhnout ruku a zmocnit se člověka? může ostří říznout? pěst popadnout? To není nikde bezpečí? Nedá se naučit nazpaměť, jak to na tom světě chodí? Žádné vodítko, žádná záštita, ale všechno je zázrak a vrhá se z vršku věže do vzduchu? Je možné, že i pro starší lidi tohle je život? – překvapující, nečekaný, neznámý?
The end was mediocre.
Refined writing and short chapters were the only things getting me through this book. I don't think this book is for me. Nevertheless, I'm glad I read it and educated myself.
I didn't grow to love the characters. I don't care about them.
The life of members of the Ramsay family. A life filled with tension and commonness. I find this book quite tiresome, yet I must admit it gives a decent inside into the middle-class life of the twentieth century. Also, it's admirable how the author manages to portray everyday life with such sophisticated language.
Page 55, the insufficiency of relationships.
Page 218, where to start?
Page 236–237, repose.
Page 245–246,
The end was mediocre.
Refined writing and short chapters were the only things getting me through this book. I don't think this book is for me. Nevertheless, I'm glad I read it and educated myself.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Emotional abuse
Moderate: Death and Sexism