I Like The Hours

Simply stated, yes, I do in fact like The Hours. Pretty good book if you ask me, easy read, language is understandable, flows nicely, and who doesn't like the nice combination of mental disorders, lesbians and pregnant women. Out of the three, I really do like Clarissa's time slots in the various chapters; she's by far one of the more personable characters, and is portrayed very spunky and like someone I would enjoy having coffee with, or what have you. The relationship between her and Richard is also very intriguing; I like the internal conflict she has with whether she made the right choice not to be with him for the rest of her life. Keep in mind, yes he is gay, yes he has AIDS, yes he is borderline crazy, but no big deal. Personally I think she made the right decision, and yet the fact that both of them are gay, doesn't seem to phase her in the slightest; she still questions what "could have been". The Mrs. Brown parts are interesting as well, except I feel that Cunningham kind of undermines the housewife in those areas. When talking about the glorious cake-to-be she compares it to a beautiful work of art, and then goes on to contradict herself in saying that maybe she was being to generous to herself. I don't think so. I don't think what Cunningham realizes is that a birthday cake from a wife, or baking a cake with your son, could be as emotionally pleasing as a beautiful temple or what have you. Don't ever underestimate the work of a house wife... The Dalloway parts are okay, I don't know how I feel about Cunningham exploring the life of this famous writer, and especially of her thought process as she wrote one of her most popular novels. Overall, however, I think that Michael Cunningham has done a really great job on this novel.