A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man (Abridged) Audiobook

" Karena saya bacanya diselingi membaca buku yang lain dan terlalu banyak istirahatnya, jadi saya tidak terlalu ngeh dengan ceritanya. Bahkan, saya cenderung lupa. Hahaha... Tapi, temanya bagus dah. "

" Doesn't really do anything for me. "

" I read this to get a taste of what reading Ulysses would be like (in my opinion the Mount Everest of literary novels). This book did not make me want to climb anytime soon. A lot smarter people than me have sung the praises of it, but I just didn't enjoy it as much as other literary novels I've read. It just didn't resonate with me. "

" Finished it. Now give me a week to stew in it and I'll try to write a review. "

" My feelings about this book are not unlike my feelings about Catcher in the Rye--I appreciated it, I thought it was good, but I didn't relate to the character much. While there were a lot of interesting things about the story from an objective or historical standpoint and from a craft perspective, Stephen Dedalus's struggles were not something that I personally could connect with. I didn't have a Catholic upbringing, for one thing. His ongoing effort to find his own artistic voice was the theme that I most related to, but it was so fraught with religious, cultural and gender-related baggage that it felt particular to the character rather than general, if that makes sense. After doing some research on the background of the book, I found the cultural and linguistic nuances pretty interesting--e.g., the juxtaposition of Irish traditional culture (or, rather, Joyce's portrayal of it) vs. the intellectual, English-influenced educational system. "

" I have to read it again. "

" There's a reason this is considered one of the best books in the English language. A thoughtful book dealing with internal life and development. Unusual prose style (even for its time, I believe), and a bit of a slow, heavy read, but worth the effort. I feel that I would really need to re-read it to get the most of it. "

" There are so many gems of evolving perspective hidden away in this book. "

" I hated this book so much. Joyce describes his own art at one point, maybe inadvertently, when he says that true beauty shouldn't inspire desire or loathing. Judging by the 1 star reviews and the 5 stars, this work definitely inspires both. "

" A must read for creatives and dreamers... "

" Okay, so I haven't read enough Joyce to judge, but there's a lot of be said about the themes jam-packed into this tome. Religion, language, water and hot and cold, sex, father, fat - I love how each section adopts a different sort of tone, abbreviating the different stages in Stephen's growth. "

" Sometimes prose is plain lovely...like here. "

" Well, definitely an easier read than Ulysses - at least there seemed to be a story to this one. So...I guess I liked it alright. "

" the third chapter got tiresome really fast "

" I read it because it is a classic not because I enjoyed it. "

" He's an excellent writer but I just wasn't invested in the book. "

" Difficult to read at first, but as with so many older "classics" you do pick up the rhythm as you continue reading. It does get tedious going to the notes section to understand some of the outdated terms and language, but overall I enjoyed it. "

" It put me off of books for a month. "

" i didn't get much out of this writing or style of writing, even though I found it interesting at times "

" I have read this book several times over my life, usually when I'm at a cross roads or period of transition. I find something new in it every time. "

" traces the development of mind and the conscience of the artist "

" I tried... I really did. But someday I will have to attempt to reread this and make some sort of sense out of it. "

" Had to read this for Irish Literature class in college...found it a bore. Only liked the descriptions of some of the buildings. I don't even remember finishing it. "

" SOOOOO difficult to read. Great book once you get the hang of it "