For literary education not for entertainment
It explains the complex relationships between man and wife of the Ramsay family, more than a story in itself is a deep psychological study of both characters. It has to be read very slowly and carefully and think at the same time as the author messages seem to be deeply embedded in the text.
It has very beautiful passages, in the middle of the book the way Woolf depicts how the maid describes the interior of the Ramsay’s abandoned house is something colossal
It is listed among the best 100 novels ever written