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marthadude's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
funny
mysterious
sad
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Cultural appropriation, Death of parent, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Child death, Classism, Colonisation, Antisemitism, Cursing, Infidelity, Grief, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Misogyny, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, and Xenophobia
emalda's review against another edition
adventurous
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
javinki_'s review against another edition
2.0
2 and a half stars. I hated reading this for most of the book to be honest, but I'm so proud of myself for finishing (and also, one brownie down, considering forcing myself through it again at some soon point, stupid man that I am). Anyway:
Strange thing—reading after university. Each pun-pardoned book is another feather-weight, all the way from nursery rhymes to modernist treatises, McDonald the old fantasy of Ulysses . Already plugging the gaps, as with Liv Coleman’s Bleak House and the inspiration behind the inspiration of Grant Hart’s The Argument (that’s two inspirations, not three. If you’re at the apple you’ve gone too far). Struck quickly on my shoulders, I shouldered Ulysses in a cruel month and crippled my way through to today, soldiering onwards to review. A one-perspective narrative for all intents and purposes, focusing on El Boom explored via James Joyce’s cultural influences. There are flash moments among much long-winded humdrum tedium, and by making the men and women merely players in some pursuant trivial scrabblebattle, the retrospective arranger did a disservice to the story put in motion. To our hero with pants splattered over his tights, super-man, Leopold Paula Bloom. Hilarious.
Strange thing—reading after university. Each pun-pardoned book is another feather-weight, all the way from nursery rhymes to modernist treatises, McDonald the old fantasy of Ulysses . Already plugging the gaps, as with Liv Coleman’s Bleak House and the inspiration behind the inspiration of Grant Hart’s The Argument (that’s two inspirations, not three. If you’re at the apple you’ve gone too far). Struck quickly on my shoulders, I shouldered Ulysses in a cruel month and crippled my way through to today, soldiering onwards to review. A one-perspective narrative for all intents and purposes, focusing on El Boom explored via James Joyce’s cultural influences. There are flash moments among much long-winded humdrum tedium, and by making the men and women merely players in some pursuant trivial scrabblebattle, the retrospective arranger did a disservice to the story put in motion. To our hero with pants splattered over his tights, super-man, Leopold Paula Bloom. Hilarious.
ellathelibrarian's review against another edition
How can you rate a book like Ulysses? It was hilarious, frustrating, brilliant, galling, eyerolling, evocative, stressful and perplexing all at once. I’m still reeling from it.
bookscatsandjazz's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
funny
inspiring
mysterious
reflective
sad
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A
5.0
ilegnealle's review against another edition
challenging
funny
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Boy oh boy. Never in my life have I read such a long book and have had so little thoughts. I will say that I found it to be surprisingly funny. But I get why it got banned...
dlhryan's review against another edition
challenging
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.0
I feel like I need the SparkNotes summaries to grasp what's going on in the story fully. The writing style and subtle jumps from real life to hallucinations or subtle jumps from internal thoughts to spoken dialogue also made it difficult to get through the story. It's an interesting undertaking for readers, and I'm glad I can finally seem impressive by saying I've read it.
e_oneita's review against another edition
5.0
An incredible, mind bending, weirdly heart warming read that I now need to do hours more research on. Five stars!