A review by poetryandsolitude
The Waves by Virginia Woolf

adventurous emotional reflective slow-paced

5.0

This book is so beautifully crafted, Virginia Woolf is an extremely talented author !! the way she weaves so intricately the lives of 6 people around their shared experiences, their grief and their perception of each other, and how gradually they all change and merge into one another over the years is simply breathtaking. I dare say this has become one of my all time favourite books <3

But now I have not a moment to spare. There is no respite here, no shadow made of quivering leaves, or alcove to which one can retreat from the sun, to sit, with a lover, in the cool of the evening. The weight of the world is on our shoulders;