To the Lighthouse

by Virginia Woolf 

Review of To the Lighthouse by Virginia Woolf

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       This book was absolutely aweful. I've read great things about this book but they must've been fans or family of the author. This book has no plot and no character I could relate to. I could admit that the writing was well done, in particular the 100 word sentences, but I just didn't enjoy reading this. It was told in a stream of conscious style where you are taken into the inner most thoughts of the characters but these characters are dull and lack any spice. Picture watching a movie where nothing happens and no one says anything. If this book was a film it would basically be a group of actors making faces at the character to show their emotions rather than allowing us to share into what is really going on. Even writing this review I couldn't think of any part of this book I would recommend. Even as a writer myself, though I could appreciate the writer's  skill with words, I could not appreciate the author's craft. How does a book like To the Lighthouse make this list and novels like They're Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston and Appointment in Sammarra by John O'Hara does not? This book would get a 1 out 10. If I were grading it this book would get an F. You could really pass on this one. I promise!

To the Lighthouse by Virginia Woolf was reviewed by Frank Manner

       When i first started reading this book i thought it was gonna be one of those books you have first negative impressions of but turn out to be good, like say, Pride and Prejudice, Wuthering Heights, etc, but instead it just remains in that frame; dull and boring. I don't think this book has a plot, however it is written in a manner where the reader can be in par with the character's thoughts; this alone kept me reading to the end. Throughout the book i neglected the objective of the characters of the book and just nuanced on how the writer's point of view, through characterization, reflected mine.

To the Lighthouse by Virginia Woolf was reviewed by Vinicio Winai

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