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4.08 AVERAGE
4.08 AVERAGE
emotional
funny
sad
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
challenging
dark
emotional
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I had a hard time getting into the book because I really dislike Maurice. I ended up enjoying the story but Maurice remained an irritating character.
emotional
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Pas fan du style mais ça se lit très bien. Assez interrogé quant au traitement de la classe, qui représente ici un enjeu central (si ce n’est le seul).
Ce qui choquait alors se lit ajd comme du mélo ouin ouin dilué, mais imo c’est plutôt une excellente nouvelle si ce roman nous semble désormais daté.
medium-paced
I don’t love the characters, but the story gets me every time!
I absolutely flew through the book- I hadn’t read it before (but had seen the movie so long ago)
It broke my heart and then glued it back together differently.
I can see why it wasn’t published until after the author died. And I can see why it remains a classic queer story
I absolutely flew through the book- I hadn’t read it before (but had seen the movie so long ago)
It broke my heart and then glued it back together differently.
I can see why it wasn’t published until after the author died. And I can see why it remains a classic queer story
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
N/A
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
Thực ra mình rất suy nghĩ về việc cho cuốn này 3 hay 4 sao, vì một lần nữa, giọng văn này không hợp với mình, nhưng Maurice thực sự rất hay. Mình nghĩ lý do lớn nhất khiến mình không thể tận hưởng cuốn này hoàn toàn là vì nó có quá nhiều cung bậc cảm xúc, nhân vật thực sự rất flawed và khiến mình phải xem xét lại quan điểm của bản thân về họ khá nhiều. Nhưng mà nghĩ kĩ thì điều đó khiến cho Maurice rất "thật", bởi vì thực tế thì đâu có gì là tuyệt đối đâu nhỉ. Cuốn sách này thực sự rất đẹp, đẹp đau lòng, xin tự cảm ơn bản thân vì đã không dnf nó :))))
emotional
reflective
sad
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
Though it has sat upon my shelf for years - it wasn't until my Kindle needed charging that I reached for E.M. Forester's novel Maurice. Once I began reading, I couldn't help but remember reviews I had read that said that while the novel was groundbreaking for the time in which it was written, it now read as little more than a pot-boiler or melodrama. Now that I've finished the book - I'm not sure that I agree.
The novel tells the story of two love affairs which end in wildly different ways for the protagonist. Forester's prose is good; his descrpitions of the guilt and pleasures that come from secret love are particularly strong. This shouldn't come as a surprise, as Forester himself had some experience of the emotions that Maurice feels. What really shocked me was the ending. I knew that the story didn't end in tragedy the same way that most stories about homesexuality ended until the early 1990's. What I didn't expect was the sheer triumph over self-denial and shame that Maurice exhibits in the final chapter. This isn't simply a happy ending - it's a shout of defiance and victory that came long, long before it's time.
The novel tells the story of two love affairs which end in wildly different ways for the protagonist. Forester's prose is good; his descrpitions of the guilt and pleasures that come from secret love are particularly strong. This shouldn't come as a surprise, as Forester himself had some experience of the emotions that Maurice feels. What really shocked me was the ending. I knew that the story didn't end in tragedy the same way that most stories about homesexuality ended until the early 1990's. What I didn't expect was the sheer triumph over self-denial and shame that Maurice exhibits in the final chapter. This isn't simply a happy ending - it's a shout of defiance and victory that came long, long before it's time.
emotional
fast-paced