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Orlando: Large Print by Virginia Woolf

21 reviews

shanhulud's review against another edition

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adventurous funny inspiring reflective fast-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? It's complicated

5.0

One of my favorite books ever. I'll never stop thinking about Orlando.
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steven_anita's review against another edition

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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

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sunn_bleach's review against another edition

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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.
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heshe's review against another edition

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adventurous funny hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

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madzie's review against another edition

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challenging emotional reflective slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

There is no doubt that this is a work of a literary master. It is impeccably written. It has great and important insights into gender. However, it personally did not strike anything in me. Orlando is such an insufferable character; I found he/she hard to empathize with at all. In the end, it felt like the themes of the story would be better written about in an essay than a novel (though perhaps would not have been accepted in the 1920s). Overall, it's just not the book for me.
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puppygirl_cryptid's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional funny informative inspiring lighthearted reflective sad tense medium-paced
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  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

One of the best trans representations I have ever seen in media.
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amelody's review against another edition

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  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.75

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inirac's review against another edition

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challenging inspiring reflective medium-paced
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  • Strong character development? It's complicated
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lizetteratura's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging reflective slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

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renorsomethin's review against another edition

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adventurous reflective medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
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