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A review by khornstein1
Howards End by E.M. Forster
5.0
OK, so this was on my shelf of "to be finished" books from 1989!! Yes, you read that correctly. I had about 200 pages to go.
Amazingly, I was able to pick it up and thanks to memory of the film, and Wikipedia, construct the beginning of the book in my head. I thought in this day and age that I might find Forster a stuffy old has-been from the land of dead White males but honestly, this book has everything going for it: incredibly developed characters, good plot, a depiction of England before WWII, great dialogue, lots of inter-personal psychology and a good deal of thought around class difference and hypocrisy. Not to mention, it also has real estate drama!!
"Only connect..." a thought that would serve us well in 2018.
Amazingly, I was able to pick it up and thanks to memory of the film, and Wikipedia, construct the beginning of the book in my head. I thought in this day and age that I might find Forster a stuffy old has-been from the land of dead White males but honestly, this book has everything going for it: incredibly developed characters, good plot, a depiction of England before WWII, great dialogue, lots of inter-personal psychology and a good deal of thought around class difference and hypocrisy. Not to mention, it also has real estate drama!!
"Only connect..." a thought that would serve us well in 2018.