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A review by lastpaige111
The Paying Guests by Sarah Waters
5.0
I discovered this novel on a shelf in the tiny Reading Lasses in Wigtown, Scotland, and as soon as I opened it, I was hooked. It was my friend on my return flight--every time I awakened from a doze, I reached for it. I expected a good read--I found a literary achievement that blew my socks off.
In this gripping and nuanced exploration of human passion, relationship, morality, and fear, Waters conveys the brain swirls that affect all of us who have a conscience. Her early 20th Century London isn't very far off from today's world of socio-economic and gender biases and how they intersect.
Warning: There are moments of emotional darkness so vivid you'll have trouble coming up out of them.
In this gripping and nuanced exploration of human passion, relationship, morality, and fear, Waters conveys the brain swirls that affect all of us who have a conscience. Her early 20th Century London isn't very far off from today's world of socio-economic and gender biases and how they intersect.
Warning: There are moments of emotional darkness so vivid you'll have trouble coming up out of them.