To me Virginia Woolf is always a little hard to fully grasp on the first run through. I felt that way again in many parts of this novel. I am glad now to know the plot points and the characters and to some degree how they interact. I loved Clarissa, the truth of her character for the times and her place in society. The other thing I loved most about this novel are Clarissa's descriptions and joy in the streets of London.

The story is just a day in her life and the people around her but so much is packed in. Some of it felt light and airy, difficult to hold on to or examine too closely. Other parts delved deep, like holding a coin in ones hand and turning it over and over again to look at each side and then swiping it with your fingers to feel the surfaces. Some sentences I had to turn over and over in my mind like that coin. I am interested to read more and different Woolf novels before I come back to this again.