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A Room With a View by E.M. Forster

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sungmemoonstruck's review against another edition

emotional 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

4.0

A romantic, hopeful, gorgeously atmospheric story of love, social mores, and self-discovery, set against a stunning backdrop. I found this both funny and moving, adored the sense of place, and let myself be totally swept up in the story.

logancoxx's review against another edition

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emotional hopeful lighthearted 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? It's complicated

3.5

At times boring and a bit slow, I enjoyed the overall story. There were a few exciting parts that kept it going!

I will say this was a super slow book for how short it is…

rmontanar's review against another edition

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emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective relaxing medium-paced

4.75

sidharthvardhan's review against another edition

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3.0

Kind of like movie 'Titanic' minus the setting in ship and the happy ending. A young woman choking in the boredom and hypocrisy of English life is attracted to a man from another world.

There are a bunch of metaphors. The view the room offers is the temptation to escape. Lucy's name means light, Cecil, her fiance's name means dark or blind, may be because unlike Lucy yearning for view, he likes sitting in dark. Lucy is not sure about whether she wants to stay engaged with him or not. I mean look at the names! I might have liked it more if it hadn't been such an overused theme. And then the ridiculous love triangle! How many women in fiction break off or were tempted to break off with their sick or ordinary significant others - Lady Chatterlay, Emma Bovary, Lucy, Rose, Edna Ponteller.

shelbymarie516's review against another edition

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3.0

Listened to it a second time and still didn't love it. Might be because it was an audiobook; maybe I would have enjoyed it more as a physical or ebook.