The penultimate Woolf's novel is much less experimental than I would have expected before reading and it was somewhat easier to follow, especially due to the time markings in the story. Following the Pargiter family throughout the years (pun intended), mainly the end of the 19th and the first third of the 20th century, you get a glimpse of the family life and of individual inner workings of most (but not all) family members and their posterity. You also get a sense of a change of times the impact of WWI and changing politics (though not mentioned as much as one would expect for this time period) and the change in the upper society norms and family gatherings. For me, Elisabeth's transformation (the eldest daughter)' was the most interesting, but not many of the characters were captivating enough to distinguish themselves. The short vignettes of everyday life throughout the decades really painted an interesting picture of life in Britain, but it is like an unfinished puzzle with a lot of pieces missing that you, as a reader, have to fill in. Which I actually like. What reduced the rating for me was the occasional antisemitism and racism, which, even if we take it into account as a product of its time, served no purpose whatsoever and could well have been excluded without the damage to the story or characterization. Also, getting to know less characters, but to know them better is more to my taste. But, as in all Woolf's novels I've read so far, the sentences are beautiful and musings on life, nature and society powerful and effective.