Mrs. Dalloway

I must be honest. I have spent the last three weeks mumbling about stream of consciousness writing and how frustrated I was with feeling that there was no point. I have been exhausted trying to follow a plot or find a traditional structure with this type of writing. However, after finishing Mrs. Dalloway, my mind is a little more open. Now I am not a complete convert, but I must admit that I enjoyed this book more than the others up to this point.

I have to sit and digest the work for a little while before I can really process what the intent of the book is - sorry maybe I'm just slow - but I am finding that I do spend time really thinking about the issues addressed in the book. For me at this point, I am learning to appreciate this style and what it offers to the reader; the challenge to think about life issues without providing concrete or definate answers.