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Young Bloomsbury: The Generation That Redefined Love, Freedom, and Self-Expression in 1920s England by Nino Strachey

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freyaan's review against another edition

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hopeful informative medium-paced

3.75

faehistory's review against another edition

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emotional informative inspiring medium-paced

3.5

rainbowbookworm's review

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4.0

I have always been fascinated by how ahead of its time the Bloomsbury group was and this book gave me a glimpse into the open relationships that prevailed in this circle of artistic luminaries.

tabitha997's review against another edition

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emotional informative reflective medium-paced

2.0

thedandybrambler's review against another edition

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hopeful informative sad fast-paced

3.0

While it started with a sound premise of an age where the attitudes of those in the Bloomsbury set was scorned upon, the book for me lacked direction. Once I had covered the main characters, their relationships with one another, it became a timeline of who was liaising with who, and who the next student from Oxford would be that would be seduced into the masses.

I hope it does drift away from the timeline, but it all became far too repetitive for an inspirational generation.

dontstress_jess's review

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informative lighthearted

3.75

provenance's review

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3.0

This resulted in me ALL CAPS TEXTING friends about the Bloomsbury love triangles.

I knew only the basics and after hearing the whole thing I had very strong opinions that will not be moved!