TO THE LIGHTHOUSE (Virginia Woolf) - July 14/14

Oh sweet lord. This is one of those books where I was pretty much alienated right from the word go. Woolf's flowery, infuriatingly "poetic" style results in a book that's entirely devoid of interesting characters or compelling situations. There is absolutely nothing here that works. Okay, she's a good writer, but who cares? I wound up flipping through the last 100 pages in about an hour. What a pretentious ordeal. no stars out of ****