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4.05k reviews for:

Maurice

E.M. Forster

4.08 AVERAGE

emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
emotional inspiring 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
emotional hopeful reflective
emotional 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: Complicated
emotional hopeful medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Really appreciated the ending

It started as a 3 star, but discussing it made me realise how much I enjoyed about it. Some real gems in this book, writing wise. The characters, story and everything were just okay though.

I was really excited to finally read this book, but it wasn't what I expected it to be.
It was worth reading it, because it's a classic + it treats gay characters and relationships better than anything written by almost all straight ladies past 2010 and is mistakenly shelved in LGBTQ instead of M/M.
However, the relationships didn't really pull me in as much. I attribute this partly to the writing style and partly to the fact that those relationships did not seem to be entirely well-written (refer to other 3 star reviews, which analyze this point better).
emotional hopeful 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
hopeful reflective tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: N/A
Diverse cast of characters: N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes