I had never heard of EM Forster before I started my mission to read quote/unquote the classics. I had also not read much of India either. Then, I had read several fictions set in India, and grew a new appreciation. When I came across this book, it seemed rather basic, but given its "classic" status, I grew excited for it.

It is not at all what I expected. There's a somewhat of a twist in the book, and I think this is where the book really pivots from a mundane tale to something interesting. The first section of the book, one worries about how this book has aged, but the second part of the book really focuses and zooms in on the British-Indian interaction. It was a refreshing break from what the first part of the book was implying. Likewise, the prose of EM Forster makes the book a delight to read. Overally very interesting and aged surprisingly well, in my opinion.