I’ve been listening to this on Spotify (I actually had no idea how many books were on there?) because audiobooks have become my favorite way to revisit books I really liked. I think I love it even more the second time.
I feel like Virginia Woolf wrote books for people who feel too many things and get overwhelmed by the sheer quantity of feelings (me) and this is my favorite one besides maybe Between the Acts. It took me a while to get used to the no plot just feelings and beautiful words vibes of her books but once I did they became SO fascinating to me.
Also, the way the characters kind of exist collectively as a unit made me think about the concept of chakras, and really like thinking of each of seven main characters as embodying one of the chakras. (In my mind this means Percival as the Root Chakra, Jinny as Sacral, Susan as Solar Plexus, Bernard as heart, Neville as throat, Louis as Third Eye and Rhoda as Crown.) It makes for a really interesting lens to consider the book through, imo.
by notthemostcreative