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3.78 AVERAGE
3.78 AVERAGE
Maybe a 3.5?
This was good!! Short, but you get a feel for all of the characters and even if I didn’t connect with too many. The way this book advocates for shrugging off stuffy Victorian ideals and embracing a more free life and nature is a lot of fun, and GOD I have never wanted to visit Italy more. Forster is a really easy writer to read and I definitely will be reading more of him in the future, if only bc of this line:
Also I'm sad this wasn't gayer (or really gay at all. the lake scene led me on) but at least I have Maurice, so.
This was good!! Short, but you get a feel for all of the characters and even if I didn’t connect with too many. The way this book advocates for shrugging off stuffy Victorian ideals and embracing a more free life and nature is a lot of fun, and GOD I have never wanted to visit Italy more. Forster is a really easy writer to read and I definitely will be reading more of him in the future, if only bc of this line:
"From her feet the ground sloped sharply into view, and violets ran down in rivulets and streams and cataracts, irrigating the hillside with blue, eddying round the tree stems, collecting into pools in the hollows, covering the grass with spots of azure foam. But never again were they in such profusion; this terrace was the well-head, the primal source whence beauty gushed out to water the earth."
Also I'm sad this wasn't gayer (or really gay at all. the lake scene led me on) but at least I have Maurice, so.
emotional
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
“This desire to govern a woman—it lies very deep, and men and women must fight it together before they shall enter the garden. But I do love you—surely in a better way than he does… Yes—really in a better way. I want you to have your own thoughts even when I hold you in my arms.”
Funnily enough, I didn’t care about the romance as much as I thought I would (although I was rooting for them), but this book was very atmospheric and beautiful, which makes up for it.
Although the whole being kissed in the midst of flowers in the Italian countryside was swoon worthy, I must confess.
Funnily enough, I didn’t care about the romance as much as I thought I would (although I was rooting for them), but this book was very atmospheric and beautiful, which makes up for it.
Although the whole being kissed in the midst of flowers in the Italian countryside was swoon worthy, I must confess.
emotional
inspiring
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Had some brilliantly beautiful one-liners and grew on me by the end, but took me two attempts to get into (audio worked better for me than print) as nothing much happens for a jolly long time, considering the overall length. The supporting characters also seemed far more well drawn than George and Lucy.
funny
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:
No
hopeful
lighthearted
relaxing
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Lovely book ☺️, which the film does not do justice, with a lot of musical references 🎵. Though it's plot is a bit cliche.
medium-paced
lighthearted
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
hopeful
lighthearted
relaxing
slow-paced