2 1/2
Slow-moving. A bit boring. It doesn't surprise me that other readers gave up on it. Though it does pick up a bit if you can make it through the first two thirds. There's a cute twist at the end.
Forster's writing is good for an occasional chuckle. Though he fails to establish justification for Lucy marrying either suitor. She clearly doesn't know either man very well. So she can't love either man.