nadinekc 's review for:

A Room with a View by E.M. Forster

DID NOT FINISH

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I don't know if I've read this book before, but I've read other Forsters and enjoyed them (especially Howard's End). He's never been a classic favorite of mine but still okay, so I'm surprised that I DNF'ed this one. While my mind recognized the comedy of it all - Italy as a stage to parade Victorian complacency and ignorance - there was a fussiness to the language and pacing that bored me. I felt trapped in a tiny teapot for no good reason. Maybe it was just my mood, because the book I've replaced it with is its opposite - pure fantastical adventure. On the other hand, just the name "Lucy Honeychurch" fills me with delight, so I guess that's good enough for me this time around!