Randee Baty’s Reviews > To the Lighthouse > Status Update

The description in the third section of Mr. Ramsey's need for sympathy rang more true than ever. It reminded me of a friend we have who has a similar need. Like Lily, I refuse to provide the sympathy.

The conversation between Mr. and Mrs. Ramsey at the dinner table where they don't say anything but know exactly what each other is saying is priceless.

I scrolled through some of the reviews of this book here on Goodreads and it's clear that Virginia Woolf is not to everyone's taste. That would suit her just fine, I think. She wasn't writing to a general audience but more to an audience of her peers as she saw them. Yes, she was an elitist and never assumed her writing would appeal to everyone.