Saturday, January 24, 2009
the hours
I like the book thus far. I think Cunningham does a good job keeping the reader interested. I enjoy the three different stories and hope to see them progress in an optimistic way from here on out. I find myself questioning the connections between the women. I like Laura's story i find it to be the most realistic in a sense, i feel like her story is less obvious in term of the connections to the other characters and the main themes, whatever they may be. Although, it does seem like all the characters are sort of stuck in a middle stage, not happy but not terribly unhappy. This sort of bugs me because it's kind of depressing to read about people who in essence don't really care about life, its almost as if there is a universal inability to satisfy their everyday needs and wants, this could change tho. Also it is i find it strange that each story is set in a different time period, i wonder whats up with that? Overall I have enjoyed the book up to this point, I'm interested in reading further to see what happens.
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Madison,
I'm interested to hear your take on these characters and their ostensible indifference to life (their neither entirely happy, nor entirely unhappy). As you read forward, I think you may find that each of these characters care very deeply about life (just as the original Mrs. Dalloway "loved life")--though its limits do seem to prove frustrating (and perhaps even lead to a sort of unhappiness...we'll see.
I agree with you that Laura Brown's character is the most intriguing at this point (but perhaps this is simply because she seems less 'familiar' than the other two--one of whom we've, in a sense, read about, and the other of whom we've read).
Anyway, good post. Keep your thoughts coming!
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