Reviews with content warning for Suicide - The Hours

im confused about why they made a movie out of a book that is almost entirely inner thoughts. i watched half of it a few months ago and forgot to go back to it. maybe ill do that and see what the dealio is !

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kables_reads's review against another edition

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3.0

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mmefish's review against another edition

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reflective slow-paced

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

0.5

C'est la merde, forgive my French.

I was in at the beginning, thinking the prose beautiful, but once M. Cunningham started inserting paragraphs from the actual "Mrs. Dalloway", it became clear (I'm yet to read it) that he has tried and failed to imitate Woolf's style.

The characters themselves are insufferable (Woolf's portrayal feels almost insulting, and I don't even consider myself her admirer); they're incredibly vain and whiny, overthinking every little thing because, clearly, the have nothing better to do. There's no depth, just vanity topped with some cursing (that emerged suddenly after more than 50% in) and expressions like "worshipping his ass", "fucking him sensless", " ...some force between them [aunt and her 5yo. niece], a complicity that is neither maternal nor erotic but contains elements of both". Cheap.

And, of course, women constantly think of how beautiful they/other women are or aren't, how they're getting older, how their breast touch other woman's breasts, how they desire another woman, how "she has kissed her sister, not quite innocently..."

I would probably LOVE this as a teenager. Now, thankfully, I know better.

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appled303's review

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challenging dark emotional inspiring 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

5.0

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steeltoebooks's review against another edition

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dark hopeful reflective medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

I had to stop and let some fragments hang in my mind here and there. I can see why this won a Pulitzer. Overall it is a beautiful book, and a great short read with a tight concept.

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