gablota 's review for:

The Night Watch by Sarah Waters

4.0

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I didn’t know what to expect going into this one, but it was so much better than what I could have ever imagined. This book has a wide range of unlikable characters who do a lot of shitty things I could never agree with, which is exactly what made this story so interesting to read. I love the choice of telling it in a reverse chronological order, I love how I had to work my way through the book to find out how things came to be and why these people are the way they are. The images of world during war and the descriptions of the bombings and the destruction were truly soul crushing and added so much depth to this book too. This was my first Sarah Waters novel, but it definitely won’t be the last one.