A Room With A View

3.5 stars This little comedy started off slow. I almost gave up, but halfway through it caught my attention. A sweet love story with charming characters.

A book that shows us that finding ourselves has nothing to do with our physical location A reminder that running away can bring just as much tedium as staying, and that the only way to know your own heart is to cease being led solely by others

This Edwardian bildungsroman places, at times, an awkward Lucy Honeychurch on the cusp of womanhood who is first on the puppet strings of her elder cousin and then her fiancee. What ensues is a comic satire on the mores of early 1900s England, both at home and abroad in Italy. Lucy could be annoying if seen through our modern-day sensibilities, but I rooted for her all the way. Will have to read more Forster.

“Miss Bartlett, in deed, though not in word, had taught the girl that this our life contains nothing satisfactory. Lucy though she disliked the teacher regarded the teaching as profound, and applied it to her lover.”

This is the thesis that this book seeks to tear down, and it does so in the most delightful way.

A fantastic read. Almost word for word with the film. A good look at how snobbish people can be.