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This Month's Book Club Selection - Mysterious Affair at Styles
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By Jessica · 2 posts · 37 views
last updated Jan 13, 2010 09:18AM
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Beautifully written, subtly satiric but also cringe-inducing at times. Forster's message that ultimately we can't transcend our differences is aptly illustrated. He's not as enlightened as he thinks or as 21st-century readers would like to see, but he's incisive when it comes to the English take on themselves and "inferior" races.
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Though as a non native speaker I found the prose at time very challenging, it was really a beautiful read.
In terms of the plot, for me it lost some steam (and coherence) after (view spoiler)
As for the characters, rhe women here felt often more like a narration device than proper character - perhaps I am exagerating, but (view spoiler) ...more
In terms of the plot, for me it lost some steam (and coherence) after (view spoiler)
As for the characters, rhe women here felt often more like a narration device than proper character - perhaps I am exagerating, but (view spoiler) ...more
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