I usually don't mind reading books that require the reader to think. I understand why people enjoy Virginia Woolf's work and why English professors force their students to read her books, but I find her writing style tedious. I just don't "get" it. I was ready to give up on this book by page 80. ...
Another Woolf novel that has utterly failed to make any impression on me. Some friends gather at a house in Scotland and talk about going to the lighthouse in the bay. And that is all.The three stars are mainly for part 2, "Time Passes", which struck me as a very beautiful lyrical passage about loss...
As opposed to James Joyce, I enjoyed Virginia Woolfs use of stream of conciseness more. Her use of it made more sense to me, as well as seem to mimic the lighthouse itself.
I mostly don't like philosophical books but this one was brilliant, but still I don't know why I can't bring myself to give it 5 stars.I loved it enough to read other works by Virginia Woolf but not enough to call this my favourite book.Full review soon, probably.
This was not as dazzling (or as attractive) as Mrs. Dalloway, but ultimately is a far richer and more profound book -- though more difficult. It is a book, in fact, that seems better 24 hours after having finished it, than it was while reading it. An astonishing portrait of her mother and father, L...
When I sat down to continue "catching up" on my reviews, I wasn't sure what was going to be the earliest one I hadn't reviewed yet, but I was sure, damn it, that it wasn't 'To the Lighthouse'. How the hell am I gonna review 'To the Lighthouse'?I still haven't grasped the concept of reading Woolf slo...
When I sat down to continue "catching up" on my reviews, I wasn't sure what was going to be the earliest one I hadn't reviewed yet, but I was sure, damn it, that it wasn't To the Lighthouse. How the hell am I gonna review To the Lighthouse?I still haven't grasped the concept of reading Woolf slowly....
Why have I reacted so differently to this novel now from the way I reacted when I first read it at the age of eighteen, more than thirty-five years ago? Then, it bored me. Now it’s moved me almost to tears and it will haunt me. I assume that my very different reactions can be put down to the passag...
Dropped a whole lot of stars, finally addressing the fact that the first pages were thrilling but somehow unreadable in a continuous stream. I now doubt seriously that I would have have liked Woolf. Now her final decision seems like the culmination of several wretched decisions in life. Why would I ...
Slightly less paralysing in its perfect poetic prose than The Waves (though just as rich), To the Lighthouse delivers page upon page of Virginia Woolf's genius in a less concentrated form. It is precisely this sort of lossless 'dilution' that allows one to actually finish this book for the first tim...
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