i’ve been battling over whether to give this a 5 or a 4.5 but i’m going to keep at a 5 for now and see how i feel later. i love love loved woolf’s writing style, i can’t believe this is the first i’ve read of hers i will definitely be trying more. the themes of family, time and nostalgia throughout were exactly what i love to read and connect with, and getting to experience each fleeting moment with the characters was the perfect way to reflect these. i maybe got slight lost off near the end when the style changed quite a lot in the ‘present day’ section but it still had some very interesting passages and maybe it was because i read that but all in basically one sitting because i wanted to get it finished for the end of the month so didn’t get the chance to digest the heavier bits properly. overall just love the way woolf writes, painting the picture of each moment so perfectly even if i forget the characters names or small plot points i think the feeling and general dreamy hazy picture of london throughout the eras i have in my mind now from this book will stay for a long time