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Jacob’s Room was tough for me: I really, really, really wanted to like this book… but simply could not muster enough feeling to experience anything even remotely close to ‘like.’ Although I will note that the writing was enjoyable; it was clever and able to lend a situation or person with both a sense of profundity and banality – what other author can do that?!? But for me, the lack of plot and stream of consciousness prevented me from experiencing the characters and events in the novel; I could probably have handled the lack of one or the other, but not both! Without a proper establishment of who the characters were and what motivated them, I never developed any attachment to them. And absent at least the skeleton of a plot, I did not care what happened, or even follow what had actually happened in some cases. Even the writing I thought so pleasant at times slipped out of my mind the moment my eyes were off the page – I think the lack of characterization and plot even prevented me connecting with the words of this story at times. Oh well, on to Mrs. Dalloway!!!

tympligtlasande's review against another edition

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emotional funny reflective sad slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.75

daisy17's review against another edition

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slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? It's complicated

3.75

rareadss's review against another edition

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medium-paced

3.5

the story was pretty good, nothing outstanding but much better the the last woolf's book i have read, which means she has redeemed herself.

The story shows a beautiful coming out of age story and the live of jacob while he experiences what himans experience many times.

Wonderful writing and great character development

caityy's review against another edition

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Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

beck4books's review against another edition

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challenging reflective slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? N/A
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

1.5

amateurdelune's review against another edition

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3.0

As the author is Virginia Woolf, I definitely could say I expected a lot from this book, however each page seemed to become more tedious than the other, I often found myself confused among the unending list of characters. (Couldn’t finish it all)

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