A review by samarakroeger
Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf

challenging emotional reflective slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

this is one of those books where I just knew it would be a new favorite from the first chapter. I flew through this in one sitting, despite the slow pace and utter lack of plot. I personally am fascinated by free indirect discourse and have recently been converted to being a fan of stream of consciousness narration. I also am not usually a big fan of books set over the span of only one day, but here I am with a huge exception. 

I was surprised at how familiar this book felt, and then I remembered I read The Hours five and a half years ago. I had forgotten the sapphic element (a welcome surprise!) and mistakenly thought that Clarissa was going to kill herself. 
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