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This is my first foray into James Joyce. I can finally understand why he is deemed such a literary genius. For me, it isn't so much the story, though the story is fine enough (perhaps 3-4 stars worth), but the writing (a solid 6 out of 5 stars). Though told in the third person, I felt like a voyeur standing alongside the protagonist in his own head. Such lyrical, perfectly descriptive, and beautiful writing.
I also listened to this in an audio version narrated by Colin Farrell. His reading was a ...more
I also listened to this in an audio version narrated by Colin Farrell. His reading was a ...more
No doubt it is a really well written book. I probably would have enjoyed reading this in a literature class; as it is, I read it in the middle of summer. The descriptive passages were awesome but there wasn't enough of a plot to keep me interested.
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Read this for A Level English and hated every second of it.
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