Scan barcode
A review by ace_ofhearts
Tipping the Velvet by Sarah Waters
4.25
I truly love Sarah Waters' writing. What a gem it is to find such exquisite prose in a fiercely lesbian novel.
It took me a couple of months to read this, when normally I can fly through a novel very quickly - but not because the story is slow! Rather, it is the kind of story you indulge in and enjoy more slowly I think. Also I kept having the library reclaim the epub file and I had to wait to check it back out again haha.
I honestly think it merits no critiques. It certainly has faults I'm sure, but it is truly such a beautiful and rich story, I wouldn't want to discourage anyone from giving it a try.
How romantic and tragic Nancy's life! How real her character seems and how flawed! She experiences so many different marvelous and terrible things, and she makes me want to live proudly and recklessly as myself.
I came to Tipping the Velvet from reading Fingersmith, and I feel lucky to read Waters's work. Her writing is some of my favorite and somehow timeless... I'd love to see her take on a contemporary story.
Anyways, enough fangirling - read this book!
It took me a couple of months to read this, when normally I can fly through a novel very quickly - but not because the story is slow! Rather, it is the kind of story you indulge in and enjoy more slowly I think. Also I kept having the library reclaim the epub file and I had to wait to check it back out again haha.
I honestly think it merits no critiques. It certainly has faults I'm sure, but it is truly such a beautiful and rich story, I wouldn't want to discourage anyone from giving it a try.
How romantic and tragic Nancy's life! How real her character seems and how flawed! She experiences so many different marvelous and terrible things, and she makes me want to live proudly and recklessly as myself.
I came to Tipping the Velvet from reading Fingersmith, and I feel lucky to read Waters's work. Her writing is some of my favorite and somehow timeless... I'd love to see her take on a contemporary story.
Anyways, enough fangirling - read this book!