4.06k reviews for:

Maurice

E.M. Forster

4.08 AVERAGE

sportula's review against another edition

4.0

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

drumsel's review against another edition

4.75

emotional medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

libbylouxx's review against another edition

4.5

emotional reflective slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

mar_melade's review against another edition

4.0

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"beyond the barrier Maurice wandered, the wrong words on his lips, the wrong desires in his heart and his arms full of air." hoW Dare You E.M. Forster???

I HATE CLIVE DURHAM!!!

eyd's review against another edition

5.0

emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

chelbyk's review against another edition

3.5

emotional sad slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

kgsvamp's review against another edition

3.0

emotional reflective medium-paced

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Written in 1913-1914 and yet Maurice's life struggles sound contemporary. I hate how society then and now scars people from the LGBT+ community. 

I really like how Maurice rejected religion and basically any other social constraints or traditions in order to accept himself in the end. Light at the end of the dark night ❤️‍🩹

The significance of this book is great but I gotta say I did struggle with the way it's written.

BTW I'm still mad he got expelled.

j3nnyl1's review against another edition

4.5

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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this is the first book i’ve read in so long. the past 5 months i’ve been trying to drown out my brain by numbing it in any way i can, and now i’m out of it, life seems a little brighter even if i am always alone with my own solitude. i can’t help but think of myself as the wizard of loneliness (nathan4you), constantly craving connection, yet it always seems to get away…..and that’s okay! but like maurice, all i know is love. i relate with maurice’s repression, although i will say my adolescence was more similar to clive: i felt lost and like a broken cog in the machine and therefore hated myself + rebelled against anything that told me i didn’t have a right to be free.

i feel like i explored myself too young because now there seems to be nothing else to explore. there is no discovery and now i just am stuck in my head…..

lowk maurice relatable asf cuz yes the first love of my life also had a period of “lol i’m not gay anymore also i don’t love you anymore i love the opposite sex  😍” 

this book portrays gay suffering so well like yaaaaaas gimme heartbreak that feels like i’m getting stabbed repeatedly in the heart by the person who was my everything and my whole world…..

ALSO YEAH when i was 12 i would think sinfully about women and then i would pray to God to make me normal and STILL i feel immense guilt when i think about how much i burden my christian immigrant parents but alas what can u do…

kendrah__'s review against another edition

3.75

funny hopeful reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

alexschaaf's review against another edition

5.0

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated