Wayne and Rebecca Madsen

There was a time I would have embraced fully James Joyce's work. However, at this point in my life I see this work as being romantic dribble.

Not romantic as in romance, romantic as in non-classical attempt to idealize emotion and romanticize history and times which are long gone. Nothing but emotions, mush and words words words. But that's what Joyce wanted to do. That's what he did very well. So, congrats to you, Joyce! You accomplished a great work and revolutionized writing at the turn of the 20th century. I guess my feelings for this book can be summed up in one phrase: it took me two months to read this book.