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amanda220 's review for:
A Room With a View
by E.M. Forster
I give this a 4 because I think there will be parts of this book I will remember for a long time. Especially the parts reflecting tourism and travel. Not to mention, I love reading books where the location is essentially a character— and it’s even better when I’ve lived or travelled to the location in the book. I could vividly imagine many of the scenes in/around Florence.
I really enjoy when older books reflect today’s society as well. I highlighted a lot of passages in chapter II about tourism. It was quite funny to see that at the turn of the century tourists got annoyed by other tourists too. “They walk through MY Italy like a pair of cows… I would like to set an examination paper at Dover and turn back every tourist who couldn’t pass it.” lol
Also Lucy at one point felt lost without her travel guide book but then “instead of acquiring information, she began to be happy”. I really liked this whole little segment of the book contrasting different ways one travels and is a tourist.
I got a bit bored/lost towards the end of part 1 (probably to do with not fully understanding some of the language & English social context of this time period— or maybe I just wasn’t fully engaging in the audiobook at this time), but the whole love triangle of part 2 really intrigued me.
I see this book was made into a movie with Helena Bonham Carter and I really want to watch it now!
(Audiobook)
I really enjoy when older books reflect today’s society as well. I highlighted a lot of passages in chapter II about tourism. It was quite funny to see that at the turn of the century tourists got annoyed by other tourists too. “They walk through MY Italy like a pair of cows… I would like to set an examination paper at Dover and turn back every tourist who couldn’t pass it.” lol
Also Lucy at one point felt lost without her travel guide book but then “instead of acquiring information, she began to be happy”. I really liked this whole little segment of the book contrasting different ways one travels and is a tourist.
I got a bit bored/lost towards the end of part 1 (probably to do with not fully understanding some of the language & English social context of this time period— or maybe I just wasn’t fully engaging in the audiobook at this time), but the whole love triangle of part 2 really intrigued me.
I see this book was made into a movie with Helena Bonham Carter and I really want to watch it now!
(Audiobook)