A review by proteinscollide
The Night Watch by Sarah Waters

2.0

The reversed chronological order of the books was frustrating. I kept wishing for happy endings, knowing they wouldn't be. I found some of the threads interesting (the boy, and his time in prison, though the odd tense relationship he struck with others afterwards made me wish for more of the future instead of the past) while I disliked other characters (Kay and Helen) from the start, soing watching their relationship disintegrate *then* develop made me cross. The writing, the period detail, is still wonderful, but the story made me wish for more, and for different choices.