A review by taleofclockworks
The Waves by Virginia Woolf
challenging
dark
emotional
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
5.0
Formation and erosion of waves, which form the inner self, ever changing, evolving, moving from childhood to death
This book is definitely challanging to get through at times, and the dread of existential crisis can creep on you and make you sad. But still worth reading! It's more or less the story of life seen and told by six friends. Rather than focusing on the events, it is the inner voice of the characters that is the focus of the book. Their unspoken secrets, repressed emotions, hardships of dealing with the death of a friend, journey to finding their own identity, etc.
Ifound it quite interesting to read about their ways of observing themselves, and the world around them, and how different the same event and moment were percieved by different minds. I have a bias for Bernard and Rhoda since I looked forward to their chapters the most, I suppose there is something that resonates within me while I read about the world through their eyes. A friendly storyteller, lost in his stories to the point he finds it hard to know exactly who he is; and a highly sensitive, imaginative introvert that longs for escape from reality. They're tragic, but interesting.
For those trying to figure out what this whole human experience thing is about, I think this was an amazingly written book that explored the topic in a very clever and poetic way!
This book is definitely challanging to get through at times, and the dread of existential crisis can creep on you and make you sad. But still worth reading! It's more or less the story of life seen and told by six friends. Rather than focusing on the events, it is the inner voice of the characters that is the focus of the book. Their unspoken secrets, repressed emotions, hardships of dealing with the death of a friend, journey to finding their own identity, etc.
Ifound it quite interesting to read about their ways of observing themselves, and the world around them, and how different the same event and moment were percieved by different minds. I have a bias for Bernard and Rhoda since I looked forward to their chapters the most, I suppose there is something that resonates within me while I read about the world through their eyes. A friendly storyteller, lost in his stories to the point he finds it hard to know exactly who he is; and a highly sensitive, imaginative introvert that longs for escape from reality. They're tragic, but interesting.
For those trying to figure out what this whole human experience thing is about, I think this was an amazingly written book that explored the topic in a very clever and poetic way!
Content Warnings
Moderate: Death and Grief