silly_little_clown 's review for:

Maurice by E.M. Forster

4.0

challenging emotional informative reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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I have enjoyed this book immensely despite it being a bit hard for me to read because the language used in the writing is old. I simply couldn’t put the book down after the 50% mark though. The melodrama! The tension! It was utterly delightful to read through. It gave me Dead Poets Society vibe from the start and I love it.

I don’t usually remember the synopsis of a book before starting so I was quite surprised by the turn of event regarding Maurice’s first love. But I like how it turned out very much.  Especially in the last chapter where

Maurice told Clive off majorly and even left him hanging by not showing up to the dinner.

That was so cathartic after all the shit that Clive has sprung on him ever since his marriage. 

I love the introspection of class and societal norms. I’m really glad that Alec laid it all out for Maurice and Maurice responded to it in earnest. The character development of Maurice was just very satisfying to see. It was hard watching Maurice

trying to ‘cure’ himself with hypnosis.

So I’m so glad that they have their own happy ending at the end. It truly was them against the whole world. I’d like to not think about the two world wars that follow when imagining their future. But I firmly believe that they’ll make it out alive and together through the struggles.