A Passage To India
by E.M. Forster
Book Read on 16 / 12 / 2006
This book, while beautifully written, started to seem a bit too stuffy. The descriptions though rich, also veered on the side of hackneyed. For example, the cobra under the crabapple tree. I wonder what that is an allusion to...
It did a great job of describing the the lunacy of colonialism, but the absurdity quickly became sententious. I'd read it, but there are a lot of others that I would read first.
The book made me a bit tired. Towards the end I felt like I was doing more eye movement than brain movement. Just going through the motions.
Reviewer: William Koplitz
2 out of 5