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3.78 AVERAGE
3.78 AVERAGE
adventurous
challenging
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
emotional
reflective
relaxing
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
reflective
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Very slow character development, no truly likeable characters. Main characters not self aware
I loved the movie with Helena Bonham Carter but I love the book even more. Forster's writing is gorgeous both in what he says and in what he leaves unsaid. The subtext of unspoken homosexuality, the structures (and transgressions) of gender norms, and the different ways in which each character evokes his or her impulse toward creation -- worth a second read just for further examination.
The "sacred pool" is the crux around which the second half of the book revolves -- a symbol that masterfully evokes the ebb and flow of timeless impulses. Also interesting to note is the kernel of the modern age that has just begun to sprout from Victorian soil.
The "sacred pool" is the crux around which the second half of the book revolves -- a symbol that masterfully evokes the ebb and flow of timeless impulses. Also interesting to note is the kernel of the modern age that has just begun to sprout from Victorian soil.
Gorgeous prose but too much romance for me
Love all the talk about women though
Love all the talk about women though
emotional
hopeful
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
"'There is a certain amount of kindness, just as there is a certain amount of light,' he continued in measured tones. 'We cast a shadow on something wherever we stand, and it is no good moving from place to place to save things; because the shadow always follows. Choose a place where you won't do harm - yes, choose a place where you won't do very much harm, and stand in it for all you are worth, facing the sunshine'" (170).
Absolutely sublime to finish this novel at a sunny café in Venice after leaving Florence, where much of the novel takes place. E.M. Forster is always a pleasure to read, and A Room with a View is no exception: witty, insightful, comical, poetic, and heartwarming all at once.
Absolutely sublime to finish this novel at a sunny café in Venice after leaving Florence, where much of the novel takes place. E.M. Forster is always a pleasure to read, and A Room with a View is no exception: witty, insightful, comical, poetic, and heartwarming all at once.
emotional
funny
lighthearted
reflective
slow-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
Most of the literature I read is hyper-contemporary, so I picked this up in part as part of a personal project/goal to read more things written before 1950, basically. Take a look at the stat graph for what I've logged on here and you'll see what I mean. There were a couple years that I wasn't actively on GR, and some things I read for school that I never put on here, etc., but still. What can I say, I love my contemporary lit. I just don't gravitate towards older works, but I'm trying to change that, at least somewhat.
A Room with a View is told in two pieces - the first half chronicling a trip to Italy that the young Miss Lucy Honeychurch takes with her cousin/chaperone, Charlotte Bartlett. As any young woman who goes to Europe (or any other sort of big international trip) in her formative years knows, inevitably something important happens, and the second half takes place awhile after the trip.
To be frank, the first half was a bit trying. I had to pause in between the two halves to read a book for book club, and I wasn't totally sure I'd pick this back up. I struggled to be interested in most of the characters, the social conventions were funny to me in a way that I wasn't sure was intended to be humorous, and it felt like nothing much happened.
The second half, however, completely redeemed the first and made the whole thing worth it. I think I would read an entire book just about Lucy's brother, Freddy, who's exactly the kind of lovable scamp you want for a brother character.
The story does start to feel a bit conventional and predictable - - but the characters and their dynamics provide endless amusement. You just want to be there watching them play tennis, jump into ponds, and bicker with each other. And the end, I mean - I want to buy Charlotte Bartlett a drink and hear the whole thing from her point of view, cause you know it's gotta be good.
Edit, June 28, 2017: Saw the movie and it was fking incredible. One of the best book to film adaptations I've ever seen. It made me appreciate the story even more.
A Room with a View is told in two pieces - the first half chronicling a trip to Italy that the young Miss Lucy Honeychurch takes with her cousin/chaperone, Charlotte Bartlett. As any young woman who goes to Europe (or any other sort of big international trip) in her formative years knows, inevitably something important happens, and the second half takes place awhile after the trip.
To be frank, the first half was a bit trying. I had to pause in between the two halves to read a book for book club, and I wasn't totally sure I'd pick this back up. I struggled to be interested in most of the characters, the social conventions were funny to me in a way that I wasn't sure was intended to be humorous, and it felt like nothing much happened.
The second half, however, completely redeemed the first and made the whole thing worth it. I think I would read an entire book just about Lucy's brother, Freddy, who's exactly the kind of lovable scamp you want for a brother character.
The story does start to feel a bit conventional and predictable -
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Cecil, is just so laughably awful that you know Forster can't make her actually marry himEdit, June 28, 2017: Saw the movie and it was fking incredible. One of the best book to film adaptations I've ever seen. It made me appreciate the story even more.
i found it honestly a little hard to get into, the style of writing was a little strange - kind of as if the narrator is personally confiding in you as a close friend, and in a rather floral way, but once you get into it the book is really funny, and has some really lovely descriptions in it! also absolutely love a good enemies to lovers moment