You need to sign in or sign up before continuing.

Reviews tagging 'Sexism'

Howards End Illustrated by E.M. Forster

7 reviews

elizlizabeth's review against another edition

Go to review page

funny reflective slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Loveable characters? Yes

3.5

Entertaining drama with a bit of a comment on intellectual socialism/communism vs the materialist take on it. I really liked the characters and I was pleasantly surprised at how fleshed out, flawed and complex without making them a moral lesson or warning, especially regarding the (two! female!) protagonists. I think that I would have very much loved to chat with Edward Morgan, tbh he's my best friend now.
Only beware of the slow pacing. I don't mind much as I listened to it in bits here and there, but I know that a lot of people don't like the more meandering classics and this definitely does so.
Expand filter menu Content Warnings

edwardian_girl_next_door's review against another edition

Go to review page

challenging emotional inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Expand filter menu Content Warnings

lori3n's review against another edition

Go to review page

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

5.0

Expand filter menu Content Warnings

bookish_bry's review against another edition

Go to review page

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

3.0

I think my rating for this might be a little low. I went into it with a very different idea of what kind of book it would be, and it didn't manage to grab me very well. If I read it again with the fact that it was meant to be a symbolic book about the changes in society around the early 1900s, I might have a higher opinion of it, but as it is, I didn't enjoy reading it very much.

I did very much like the ending (though that might somewhat be because I'd figured out the book by then). The characters were eh, but they did have some good development. I might try to read it again someday, but not for a while. It was hard for me to get through.
Expand filter menu Content Warnings

kerrence30's review against another edition

Go to review page

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

4.5

The epitome of the style of time in terms of phrasing and creating a atmosphere without words. Interesting how the themes of class and entitlement are explored. A much more relaxed view on society than early 19th century literature, and a strong sense of familiarity is created by the dialogue used.
Expand filter menu Content Warnings

jbabbm's review against another edition

Go to review page

emotional hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective relaxing medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

I've said it before and I'll say it again. Forster's writing is incredibly poetic, and his imagery is majestic. This book portrays the three different families in such a way that snares you as the reader, and it does a marvelous job at contrasting the traditionalist with the liberal. Forster says "Only connect", and I believe that we should listen to him.
Expand filter menu Content Warnings

pippyv's review against another edition

Go to review page

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

2.0

A series of misadventures with very little to do with one another. Surely feminist by the standards of the time, but I'm a modern reader and even taking that into account it's amazingly offensive to women. The male characters are presented as competent and able while all but the main female characters are vapid, shallow, and too stupid to know what's going on. The main female characters are both "not like other girls" until a man needs them at which time the shut up and become good little women. Throw in some broken morals and you get a story that aged quite like milk.
Expand filter menu Content Warnings