You need to sign in or sign up before continuing.
Take a photo of a barcode or cover
4.08 AVERAGE
4.08 AVERAGE
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
hopeful
slow-paced
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
emotional
hopeful
reflective
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Not rating this because how much I personally enjoyed the book (not very much; I hated Maurice - the guy - so much) feels somewhat irrelevant in the face of what it represents.
emotional
hopeful
reflective
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
emotional
reflective
sad
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
Alex bisexual king
Maurice sottone tm
I didn’t love the constant change of pov in the middle of the narration.
Maurice sottone tm
I didn’t love the constant change of pov in the middle of the narration.
emotional
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
emotional
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:
Yes
rocked me so hard. so so so tender and emotional and beautiful. verbalized things for me that i have never processed before. the darkness of the night and the evening primroses.....
some casual misogyny that i rlly thought was not needed but on par for the time period.
some casual misogyny that i rlly thought was not needed but on par for the time period.
reflective
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
The somewhat antique writing was a bit dry at times compared to modern prose but Maurice is such a disaster that I was compelled to read on. The characters are not what I would call loveable, but they are certainly interesting and the plot is surprisingly unpredictable, especially considering how long ago it was written.
I also had the distinctly fascinating experience of reading this simultaneously with a modern gay romance. These two books have some intriguing similarities - characters of the same age, similar class, in the same country, themes of self-loathing, suicidal thoughts, coming to terms with homosexual desire. On the other hand, this was of course written in the early 20th century (though not published for decades thereafter) and while it does acknowledge sexual contact in the story, it's not described, and though Maurice eventually accepts his sexuality and finds happiness, he shares the truth with only one other person, his first (largely platonic) love; vs the modern novel with graphic depictions of sex and a relationship that is slowly revealed to the public. It was just really interesting to read these two novels in tandem and see how this one really paved the way for books that could never have been possible when it was written.
I also had the distinctly fascinating experience of reading this simultaneously with a modern gay romance. These two books have some intriguing similarities - characters of the same age, similar class, in the same country, themes of self-loathing, suicidal thoughts, coming to terms with homosexual desire. On the other hand, this was of course written in the early 20th century (though not published for decades thereafter) and while it does acknowledge sexual contact in the story, it's not described, and though Maurice eventually accepts his sexuality and finds happiness, he shares the truth with only one other person, his first (largely platonic) love; vs the modern novel with graphic depictions of sex and a relationship that is slowly revealed to the public. It was just really interesting to read these two novels in tandem and see how this one really paved the way for books that could never have been possible when it was written.