i am not a fan of virginia woolf. i stumbled through “mrs. dalloway” and found it severely lacking. i wanted to give her another chance. after all she is supposedly a literary genius. i cannot do it. it’s too much. maybe woolf committed suicide because she couldn’t take it anymore. you just go on and on and on about nothing. ms woolf you are no james joyce. why don’t we leave the stream of consciousness writing to him before i too go jump in a lake and drown.

To the Lighthouse is a book without a plot. There is no action, hardly any dialogue, and it is so full of characters and points-of-view it is very hard to follow. But these strange elements also make the book astonishing. The book is a microscopic view of what “goes on in peoples’ heads.” It illustrates how thoughts often conflict with words and actions. On top of that, Woolf makes a heartbreaking point about relationships and time. So much is wasted; so much is taken for granted and if people cared more and worried less, it might not end up that way.