Reviews tagging 'Outing'

Maurice by E.M. Forster

10 reviews

constructism's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional medium-paced

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

4.75

this book was written 111 years ago in 1913. its writing style was a welcome challenge wrapped up in a compelling cast of characters who are not good people, but when together, are able to be beautifully defiant of their times. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Homophobia, Suicidal thoughts, Outing, and Classism

Minor: Animal death, Death, Sexual assault, Vomit, and Medical content

yilliun's review against another edition

emotional reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

Giovanni’s Room but make it English and more academia vibes.

So tender and sweet while set against the harsh realities of LGBTQ+ relationships of the late 19th/ early 20th centuries.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia and Classism

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, and Outing

Minor: Sexual content

toksoplazmozy's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring sad medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Homophobia, Misogyny, Religious bigotry, Outing, and Classism

josiee's review against another edition

emotional hopeful medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Biphobia, Bullying, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Misogyny, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Grief, Death of parent, Outing, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, and Classism

erynlasbelin's review against another edition

emotional hopeful medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No

5.0

I love this book more than I could possibly say.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Homophobia, Suicidal thoughts, Dementia, Outing, and Classism

Minor: Biphobia, Cursing, Misogyny, Sexual content, and Medical content

affectionatelyrs's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional inspiring sad medium-paced

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

4.25

Such a beautiful, tragic story. Makes me ache for my queer family members in spirit who still have to live the way Maurice and Clive did in the 1900s. Alec is my beloved.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Toxic relationship, Medical content, Religious bigotry, and Classism

Moderate: Misogyny and Outing

Minor: Child abuse, Sexual content, and Alcohol

torismazarine's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective sad fast-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Misogyny, Suicidal thoughts, and Classism

Moderate: Grief and Outing

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Death, Rape, and Sexual content

issyd23's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

4.0

‘I’ve not been straight with you’ ‘indeed Mr Hall’ Happy pride! 4🏏

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Homophobia, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Religious bigotry, Outing, Toxic friendship, and Classism

thesawyerbean's review against another edition

challenging emotional mysterious reflective tense slow-paced

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

4.25

I really enjoyed this! The aesthetics and romance were tangible - as someone who studied at Cambridge, the descriptions of old-time Cambridge dark academia and the socialisation within it were engrossing and vivid. We experienced Maurice’s life and love as he did, a whirlwind of emotion and politics that felt both troubling and endearing.

It is a slow burn for sure, simmering with intensity but not boring at any point. Clive and Maurice’s blossoming romance was tense but ultimately beautiful - and the following events between them and Alec were at first devastating but finally satisfying.

A pleasure to read as one of the trailblazers of lgbtq+ literature - written in 1914 and only published in 1971 posthumously, following the legalisation of homosexuality in England. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Suicidal thoughts, Religious bigotry, Outing, and Classism

leepc's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

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

5.0

A heartbreakingly accurate depiction of the inherent loneliness that comes with queer identity. Forster elegantly describes what I thought was indescribable with beautiful, yet straightforward language. Some days I burst into tears from the thought of this book. There is a happy ending, but the author’s notes are absolutely heart wrenching. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Religious bigotry, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Outing

The book deals with queer identity in a time period when it was criminalized, and the author did not have an optimistic outlook on the future of LGBT rights. The main triggers come from

a toxic relationship in which two university students navigate their same-gender attraction together, ending in one of them having a mental health crisis and isolating and neglecting the other

Some readers also may be triggered by relatively tense mentions of blackmail and what could be perceived as stalking.