kamailla_creme 's review for:

Maurice by E.M. Forster

4.5

challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective sad slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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This was a beautifully haunting book. 
I’m so glad it has a <spoiler happy ending. 
The last few chapters I was brimming ear to ear. 

Granted, I needed to look up a slew of words (older English, some chiefly British which I am not). That made the reading a bit slow going, and there are some passages I may not ever fully understand (like Clive’s  speeches). 

The end note is quite interesting. 

I appreciate that Maurice is a character who is gay (gayness is not his entire identity).

I didn’t realize until the end—it was so well done—but how Penge’s increasing dilapidation reflects Clive, who I believe has chosen, due to societal pressures, to suppress his homosexuality.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Suicidal thoughts