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hcube3's review against another edition
challenging
informative
reflective
sad
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
semaj's review against another edition
reflective
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
bmusa31's review against another edition
1.0
I might have been to young to understand it at the time. However, I hated having to go check the footnotes to understand the book.
cham0haz's review against another edition
challenging
reflective
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? N/A
- Strong character development? N/A
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
2.0
trhodg's review against another edition
3.0
Perhaps I’m missing the contemporaneous social and political context of Joyce, but I couldn’t really get into this. As a whole, the book does paint an interesting and bleak picture of Dublin, but many of the individual stories felt inconsequential. “The Dead” was great, though.
sarah_dietrich's review against another edition
4.0
The final story, 'The Dead', made me cry. It was my favourite.
The afterword gives context that ties all the stories together. Read the afterword first next time.
The afterword gives context that ties all the stories together. Read the afterword first next time.
fineadjustment's review against another edition
dark
emotional
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
castlerocktronix's review against another edition
challenging
funny
inspiring
lighthearted
reflective
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
iqra_saif's review against another edition
dark
emotional
informative
reflective
sad
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
4.0
miagw962's review against another edition
dark
emotional
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
...and, as he attached the fervent nature of his companion more and more closely to him, he heard the strange impersonal voice which he recognised as his own, insisting on the soul’s incurable loneliness. We cannot give ourselves, it said: we are our own.
James slayed with some of these but not all. I feel like I understand Irish culture now.