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A review by closet_bibliophile
Mrs Dalloway by Virginia Woolf
dark
emotional
reflective
slow-paced
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.25
I'd like to start by saying I get a lot of inspiration from Virginia Woolf, her style of writting and the vivid real images she manages to portray through her writting are magnificent and incredibly moving.
That said, reading this book felt like putting myself through purgatory. The writting style, constantly ebbing and flowing from place and thing and character, is remarkably similar to the way my brain likes to function and so it took the writting in this book as a distraction manual. Time lost all meaning as my mind meandered through topics not even slightly related to the writting and when I snapped back into it I'd realised I read over 10 pages in a haze and have to figure out when I'd zoned out.
In the rare moments of clarity when I could read (and only read), it was really a pleasant experience.
That said, reading this book felt like putting myself through purgatory. The writting style, constantly ebbing and flowing from place and thing and character, is remarkably similar to the way my brain likes to function and so it took the writting in this book as a distraction manual. Time lost all meaning as my mind meandered through topics not even slightly related to the writting and when I snapped back into it I'd realised I read over 10 pages in a haze and have to figure out when I'd zoned out.
In the rare moments of clarity when I could read (and only read), it was really a pleasant experience.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Suicidal thoughts and Suicide
Minor: Racism and Classism