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discussion thread for mrs. dalloway

Just about to start the book. Hope it's as good as the reviews say It is. :)

Hope you like it. :) Its an awesome book, if you like the excessively descriptive, excessively sweetly lyrical, and excessively shivery, goosebumpy sort of writing.

As for myself I am on pg 20 and hoping to read about 50 pages today. So far, incredible writing. Each of her words and phrases burns with such exquisite beauty, sometimes I don't even bother about the story. Or the overall content. Or the themes.

Hehe you really do love the book. To be quite honest its not normally the type of book i would read however i'm on page 7 i think and i actually like it :) hope to read more today :)

Slightly irritated with myself. I'm finding it pretty hard to follow the story so far (if page 25 counts as so far) I think it may just be that I've never read this style of writing before. Oh well. Just need to solder on and see if it makes more sense to me later on :)

Actually take ^ back. I finally get what's happening and I like it :)

Awesome! :) I am still on pg 35 though :P

I'm on page 47 so not too bad :)

So, I did a tiny marathon sort of thing last night and I am past page 100 :) It was utterly ecstatic if I were to encapsulate the experience in a word. The switch between the consciousness of one character to the next. Their different ways of thinking. And the utter brilliancy of how all of it is expressed. Reading about Septimus is kind of heartbreaking though.

Also, anyone interested in scouring the text for any feministic themes? I am on the look out for it, I didn't notice them last time, but I am trying to notice them now. How each of the women characters behave, respond, how they are expected to behave and respond, their set roles determined by society at that time etc. etc.

I feel slightly defeated. I've read nearly half way and am currently at a point of leaving it to a side so some time and coming back to it later. =\