A review by jenonjupiter
Orlando by Virginia Woolf

4.25

First book I've read by Virginia Woolf that I've heavily enjoyed. In the Voyage Out I felt inklings of possibility, in Jacob's Room I began to understand her mastery at the experimental and prose, in To the Lighthouse, she lost me a bit again (maybe I had too high of expectations). But here in Orlando is where Woolf has fully captivated me. The book starts off strong, has a bit of a slow middle, but the last 1/2-1/3 of the book is where I was amazed by Woolf. Her commentary on sex, marriage, and writing has blown me away in her beauty of crafting sentences. There were multiple times in the book where I wished I could've even come close to writing how she has written. Some flawed parts of the book however, comes with Woolf's relationship and almost fantasy of the 'Orient'. I know it had to be apart of the book as Orlando is slightly biographical. However, I don't think she treated it the best in certain moments.