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Well, this was a blur! Comixology’s Virginia Woolf by Liuba Gabriele is an illustrated biography of the famous English writer and poet, primarily focusing on Virginia’s relationship with Vita Sackville-West, with only brief glimpses into her literary career.
Even though it’s been just a few minutes since I finished reading the book and started writing this review, I can barely remember much of it. The art style didn’t resonate with me, though it’s quite nice—simple, crayon-like sketches with pleasant colors. Since art and beauty lie in the eye of the beholder, perhaps other readers will appreciate the artwork more than I did. I picked up this book because I was impressed by a similar illustrated biography on Van Gogh by Comixology—Vincent Van Gogh: Sadness Will Last Forever—which had both compelling art and storytelling.
Virginia Woolf is only 122 pages long, making it a quick read, but the brevity doesn’t do justice to any aspect of Woolf’s life—neither her passionate romances, her writing process, her complex marriage, nor her fragile mental health. The literary figure feels like a shadow in her own biography.
Rating: 2 out of 5.
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