Reviews

A Passage to India by E.M. Forster

carnivorous_mower's review against another edition

mysterious reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0

Bloody boring!

grahamjohnson's review against another edition

adventurous challenging informative mysterious reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

agnestyley's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.25

intense, thorough and passionate dissection of the cruelty and banality of british india. forster is pretty cool for this. I wasn't exactly thrilled by the story for all of it (especially the first third) and all of the characters were kind of annoying, but I think that is deliberate as none of them are martyrs, they are all real (just annoying) people. 

pop_s's review against another edition

fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.5

nearnik's review against another edition

challenging informative reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

fionnualalirsdottir's review against another edition

So easy going - and then wham!
Quentin Tarantino could learn a lot from E M Forster. He'd learn that there's no need to pile on the menace in the early stages. The shock, when it comes is much more effective if the reader/viewer has been led into thinking all is ordinary and relatively safe. Forster is a master story teller, and a true philosopher as well.

andrelade's review against another edition

challenging mysterious reflective tense 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

4.0

catalogthis's review against another edition

Book club selection for August 2010. Couldn't finish it in time, and have to relegate it to my abandoned shelf for now. Sorry, E.M.

rach_ark's review against another edition

2.0

I thought I was going to really enjoy this book after the first few chapters but as the story went on I found myself skipping over parts and just generally becoming quite bored with it.

I wouldn't say I hated the book but I was disappointed as I loved Howard's End so much. Maybe I had set my expectations too high.

pinkydink70's review against another edition

1.0

I rate simply: 5 = liked it, 3 = meh, and 1 = didn't like it.