A review by jencunn2024
A Passage to India by E.M. Forster

3.0

This is an important classic if you can get through it. I have no doubt the subject matter was important for its time geopolitically. It is a long, boring read. Forster’s writing is fine just not exciting. There is beautiful imagery and detail that provide wonderful description about India and its peoples as well as its religions. Forster presents an interesting setting during the colonial British Raj and India’s independent movement in the early 20th Century. It is chock full of racial contention and the struggle for India’s identity as a nation made of multiple religions. I enjoyed some of the misguided views of one type of person toward another but did not appreciate the flighty, superficial feel of the characters and their ridiculous cynicism.