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casspfink's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
reflective
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
Content Warnings
Moderate: Racism and Classism
uuuultraviolennnnt's review against another edition
adventurous
reflective
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
“‘Better is it’ she thought, ‘to be clothed with poverty and ignorance, which are the dark garments of the female sex; better to leave the rule and discipline of the world to others; better be wuit of martial ambition, the love of power, and all the other manly desires if so one can more fully enjoy the most exalted raptures known to the human spirit, which are contemplation, solitude, love,’
at times, an unfortunate impression of the gender binary, but so much more often an excellent sense of feminine and masculine energies in tow of one’s character
at times, an unfortunate impression of the gender binary, but so much more often an excellent sense of feminine and masculine energies in tow of one’s character
Content Warnings
Graphic: Racism
Minor: Child abuse
starlings's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
funny
reflective
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Racial slurs and Racism
amourose's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
funny
inspiring
mysterious
reflective
medium-paced
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Racial slurs and Racism
steven_anita's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
reflective
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Racial slurs and Racism
Moderate: Sexism and Xenophobia
Minor: Misogyny, Slavery, Islamophobia, Cultural appropriation, Colonisation, and Classism
pllylzbth's review against another edition
funny
reflective
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.5
Content Warnings
Moderate: Racial slurs, Racism, and Classism
jkiiro's review against another edition
The racism on page one is hard to get past and confronting without prior knowledge of continued racial slurs. Woolf’s prose and lyrical style are beautiful and make for an interesting read as are the early thoughts on gender. One day, with this knowledge perhaps I’ll return and attempt to finish it. Or perhaps someone will rewrite a contemporary version as compelling as the queer film adaptation I enjoyed recently.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Racial slurs, Racism, Torture, and Violence
krysa_'s review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
reflective
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Racial slurs and Racism
pencilspeaker's review against another edition
emotional
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
Content Warnings
Graphic: Racial slurs and Racism
sunn_bleach's review against another edition
mysterious
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.5
Middling feelings - I strongly enjoyed the whimsicality of the beginning two chapters, but it fell off fairly hard for me once Orlando returned to England and the plot either stalled out to little more than "and then decades passed and Orlando contemplated art" before getting married. The fantasy vs. reality confusion toward the end didn't hit very hard for me since it didn't feel like Orlando made many memories in many of these places; the "ageless person" conceit fell hard despite the book's 300+ length.
I hate to call a book "padded" because books rarely every are. And, I felt like Woolf's loquaciousness in Orlando got in its way far more than it ever served the text, especially with the tendency toward off-hand parentheticals. That being said, I'll absolutely read more Woolf, I just think this one wasn't quite what I wanted it to be.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Racism and Sexism
Moderate: War