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Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf

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carolinebl's review against another edition

challenging reflective slow-paced

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

Mrs Dalloway is my least favourite of Virginia Woolf’s novels so far - perhaps because it is the most impenetrable. I hope that with further analysis it reveals itself to me, for the writing is certainly beautiful. I enjoyed the introduction.

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winter_b's review against another edition

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emotional reflective relaxing sad 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

4.5

I read the physical and audio book simultaneously and that was a lovely way to experience the meandering writing style.

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soswiin's review against another edition

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challenging emotional reflective slow-paced

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

4.5

i’d be lying if i said i understood what was happening 75% of the time but getting through this was just a very beautiful process with lines like “…his own grief, which rose like a moon looked at from a terrace, ghastly beautiful with light from the sunken day.” and “…she had become very serious; like a hyacinth, sheathed in glossy green, with buds just tinted, a hyacinth which has had

no sun.” i will read anything with pretty prose!

but oh lucrezia

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teeclecticreads's review against another edition

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challenging dark reflective sad

3.5

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ellie_debney's review against another edition

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challenging emotional reflective sad slow-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? Yes

3.5

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itsradsmads's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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vickyoyarzun's review against another edition

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challenging reflective slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? It's complicated

4.25

"Lo mismo que las olas, que en un día de verano se juntan, se doblan y caen; se juntan y caen; y parece que el mundo entero estuviera diciendo «esto es todo» con más y más gravedad, hasta que incluso el corazón que late en el cuerpo que está tomando el sol en la playa dice también «esto es todo». No temas más, dice el corazón, confiando su carga a algún mar que suspira colectivamente por todas las penas, un mar que se renueva, que comienza a moverse, que se detiene y cae. Y sólo el cuerpo presta atención a la abeja que pasa; a la ola que rompe, al perro que ladra, a lo lejos, ladra y ladra."

Lo único que me faltó para darle 5 estrellas es estar leyendo este libro en Londres. No se puede disfrutar al 100% si no conoces a fondo sus calles, su atmósfera, ese mundo activo, histórico, a veces anticuado, sé que algunas versiones del libro vienen con un plano de la ciudad y siento que es lo más cercano que encuentro a este "recorrido" que se produce en el libro.

Por otro lado, Virginia lo hizo de nuevo, el libro tiene una estructura un poco agotadora de seguir, pero cuando te acostumbras es sumamente gratificante, básicamente vas fluyendo entre la mente de cada uno de los personajes y termina siendo una experiencia increíblemente íntima, cercana, creo que es algo que no he vivido en ningún otro libro...es satisfactorio llegar al final del relato y saber cómo las historias de todos estos personajes se unen pulcramente.

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