Reviews

Tipping the Velvet by Sarah Waters

roselinc_'s review against another edition

emotional funny inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

mossbelle's review against another edition

adventurous emotional slow-paced

• Loveable characters? It's complicated

4.25

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kyra_c_c's review against another edition

4.0

Extremely sexy whilst also being gripping and romantic. This is the fourth book I have read by Waters and her writing never fails to totally absorb me. I loved the details of late 1800s London and the glimpses into the spaces women found and made for themselves. I think Fingersmith will always be my favourite though as the plot was just so outrageously surprising. Would give this 5 stars if the narrator didn't enrage me every so often with her petty selfishness and childishness, but these moments were short-lived and the rest more than made up for it!

nmwolfe's review against another edition

adventurous emotional inspiring slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

cosmicmamallama's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

3.0

spoookyclaud's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful 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

ellefanning's review against another edition

slow-paced

4.0

a very mixed bag indeed! nan’s character did a major jump so that she felt changed suddenly from meek to bold, but i guess that’s what heartbreak does sometimes. some things i found maddening to read, but overall, it was enjoyable. it is nice to find such a warm ending for queer women, even if it is largely a fictitious one 

sbotts's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

helenmeigs's review against another edition

3.0

I really wanted to like this and just didn’t! I found the protagonist to be grating

jilliant's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad slow-paced

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

3.5

As much as I don’t do character-driven stories a bunch, this one had remarkable prose and flow to it. I also enjoyed the wide berth of queer experience it showed and ventured through. Def could have been a little tighter, and also if I had a nickel for every classic book I read with the protag joining socialists outta nowhere at the end, I’d have two nickels which isn’t a lot but it’s weird that it happened twice.