Jacob’s Room Audiobook

" Crazy experimental. A test of the narrator's ability to emotionally connect with readers. I think Mrs. Dalloway was the successful response to this attempt. "

" This was definitely not my favorite book in the world, to say the least. It's all over the place, you have no idea what's going on, who the characters are, if you'll ever see them again. I read this for a 20th century British novels class and had to choke it down. It's the only Woolf novel I've read, although I own Mrs. Dalloway. Probably very different narrative styles though. "

" This was not my favorite by Virginia Woolf. She has such a brilliant way of capturing people in social situations, and the way men and women interact especially with each other. But I lost patience with this Jacob's Room, it was so meandering, the brilliant moments seemed peripheral. Ultimately, I was trudging through the last pages. "

" Not my favorite Woolf novel but regardless, she stuns any reader with her language and fiery opinions. She paints a portrait that penetrates the coarsest reader and leaves an imprint that lasts a lifetime. "

" will have to read this again "

" Rough draft for her future works. Skip it. "

" Meh. That's all I have to say about this one. My least favorite of all of Woolf's novels. "

" I gave up. Didn't care about the character, the helter-skelter presentation, the simpering mind-wander, the lack of plot with nothing else to replace it. Fooey. "

" It's interesting to read to read this knowing what Woolf would be able to do later. I liked it a lot, but you can definitely tell that she was still working through her style in many ways. "

" Not as hypnotically well-written as her other works, but more emotionally involving. "

" I wanted to like it because it Virginia Woolf for goodness sake;however, I just couldn't. "

" Bit weird, still enjoyable though. "

" Not my kinda taste. This book needs a very focused read will you be able to follow everything that's happening. "

" Virginia Woolf was a master of stream-of-consciousness writing. "

" Perfection of Woolf's cinematic narrative. Touches an interesting problem - how we can never get to fully know another person. She sketches the blurry portrait of Jacob with huge mastery and even more delicately shows the complicated relationships between people. "

" I love this book. Woolf's interpretation of bildungsroman. Brilliant, brilliant, brilliant... The last pages are so quiet, vague, unfurled. One of Woolf's best. "

" Ugh! No. Worst book I've ever read. I defy anyone not wearing a corduroy jacket with patches on the elbows and smoking a pipe to explain what this is all about. "

" I skimmed this for class. I may go back and read it more carefully. It was just okay so I'm in no rush to do so. Only if I read other Woolf books and I enjoy them I'll reread this. "

" Very poetic and evocative of a certain period and a young life. "

" Whoa. Head trip. Virginia Woolf almost out of hand. It's compelling, but I think I got maybe 10% of what was going on. Not a good place to start with one of my favorite authors. "

" Varying views of Jacob Flanders as related by mainly women associated to him, the story relates incidents from his childhood through to his adult life... "