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authorcagray 's review for:
A Room With a View
by E.M. Forster
10-30-23:
I managed to read this this time without a problem, and got through it relatively quickly, actually. I can't say it was especially remarkable, though I had high hopes that it would be sort of Jane Austen-esque since it feels like a Regency romance at the beginning: a sheltered young female, with social intrigue and expectations for an advantageous marriage alliance clashing with said female's own inclinations. Lucy is very unformed and wishy-washy, but that's kind of the entire plot: she's young and inexperienced, and finds herself caught between what she should want and what she finds herself actually wanting. She's so clueless, though, that she won't even admit the truth to herself.
Just like a Jane Austen, the ending is thoroughly unsatisfactory - there's a quick happily ever after and we never quite see how it even happens. The characterization was nowhere near as good as an Austen, either. It was passable.
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I wanted to like this: it's a classic, and seems like the kind of story I would like. But I gave it over an hour, and still couldn't even distinguish the characters really, let alone care about them.
I managed to read this this time without a problem, and got through it relatively quickly, actually. I can't say it was especially remarkable, though I had high hopes that it would be sort of Jane Austen-esque since it feels like a Regency romance at the beginning: a sheltered young female, with social intrigue and expectations for an advantageous marriage alliance clashing with said female's own inclinations. Lucy is very unformed and wishy-washy, but that's kind of the entire plot: she's young and inexperienced, and finds herself caught between what she should want and what she finds herself actually wanting. She's so clueless, though, that she won't even admit the truth to herself.
Just like a Jane Austen, the ending is thoroughly unsatisfactory - there's a quick happily ever after and we never quite see how it even happens. The characterization was nowhere near as good as an Austen, either. It was passable.
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I wanted to like this: it's a classic, and seems like the kind of story I would like. But I gave it over an hour, and still couldn't even distinguish the characters really, let alone care about them.