A Room with a View - E.M. Forster
Slow-moving. A bit boring. It doesn't surprise me that other readers gave up on it. Though it does pick up a bit if you can make it through the first two thirds. There's a cute twist at the end.
Forster's writing is good for an occasional chuckle. Though he fails to establish justification for Lucy marrying either suitor. She clearly doesn't know either man very well. So she can't love either man.
Rating: 2 1/2 of 5 stars.
(originally posted in July 2014, on Goodreads)
I have not read the book...but have seen the movie which I liked. I am not surprised that it is slow moving though just from watching the film.
ReplyDeleteHa. Of course you've seen the movie. You've probably seen as many movies as professional critics have.
DeleteI saw this movie at an impressionable age and found it swoony in the best sense. So I feel an obligation to like the book as well.
ReplyDeleteHa. It's possible that I'm just not in the target demo.
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