3 mini stories all intertwining

I enjoy The Hours so much more than Mrs. Dalloway. It's just so much easier to understand and with the stories of three characters being told things get switched up a bit.  So far I am impressed with how Cunningham has all three characters relate.  Although, he is somewhat doing a photocopy of Woolf's original work, it is still different in many ways.  All three characters each have a connection in each of their chapters, whether it be certain characters who represent each other in the different situations or if it is the way the three women perceive certain objects in their lives.  I believe that Kitty and Laura's "moment" is similar to Louis and Clarissa's moment, it feels forced but also wanted so much at the same time by one of the characters.  Laura's cake and the burial mound they made for the bird in Virginia's story both represent something significant. The cake maybe represents the way Laura feels about her life, it is there and looks "nice" but it could be so much more, she always talks about her missed opportunities.  The bird's position in the circle of roses and Virginia's comment about wanting to switch places suggests her thoughts about wanting to be dead and ending her life.  I like how Cunningham changed the names of the characters in Clarissa's story, it's the least he could do and it also makes the reading and presentation of new characters kind of like a puzzle you have to solve.  I am most intrigued by Laura's story.  At times she resembles Virginia with her depressing thoughts but then she proves to be more and more like Clarissa with her interactions and her always being watched by Richie, waiting to see what she will do next, as she does when she reads about Clarissa. I hope that Laura ends up being more like Clarissa, I would hate to see her die and leave behind poor little Richie and her husband.  I guess we'll just have to wait and see....