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3.47 AVERAGE
3.47 AVERAGE
challenging
dark
emotional
sad
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
My feelings about this book were all over the place. Forster's writing is gorgeous as usual, but I had a difficult time caring about any of these characters, British or Indian. The motives behind the characters' actions were vague and noncommittal. The so-called exotic atmosphere was tainted--similar in a way to Joyce's “Araby“. I walked away unenlightened and depressed.
It took awhile to get into, but this was a really masterfully written book.
challenging
emotional
funny
reflective
sad
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
challenging
emotional
mysterious
reflective
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
challenging
reflective
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
Not what I expected. Better. The sequence at the Marabar Caves struck me as eerily similar to the hallucinatory [b:Picnic at Hanging Rock|34785405|Picnic at Hanging Rock|Joan Lindsay|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1546048425l/34785405._SY75_.jpg|1193116] (my favorite read from last year) -- what is it about wild, rocky terrain that inspires a kind of madness in us? The characters' actions may be hard to follow logically, but there's an emotional truthfulness that's hard for me to articulate. This story of culture clash starts off deceivingly small -- a chance meeting at a mosque, a polo practice, an awkward party. Then we board a train, an elephant, to view the caves, as if these progressively outlandish conveyances are the onramp to the central, most complicated clash of all. How have I not read Forster before now?
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Hrm, I'm a bit on the fence on this book. The first half of the book was wonderful. It was nice and flowing, a real attention getter. The book is more about human reactions and the differences of races than anything else which was really interesting. Since a lot of the focus was on the anti-British being in India at that time. (Man I so wanted to hear one of the British Dudes say the sun doesn't set on the British Empire.) While I really enjoyed the first half of the book (up to the middle of part two) the second half was just really bad and draggy. It just went on and most of the time I was cursing out the people in the book for stupidity. I was happy at the ending too, everything basically resolved.
challenging
hopeful
mysterious
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
adventurous
dark
emotional
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated