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frogggirl2 's review for:
The Night Watch
by Sarah Waters
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
"She supposed that houses, after all - like the lives that were lived in them - were mostly made of space. It was the spaces, in fact, that counted, rather than the bricks" (p. 201).
I've read Sarah Waters books before and really liked them (particularly the intricately plotted "Fingersmith"), but, not this one. It's just really and truly boring. Nothing really happens and it flashes back to World War II, which all of us have read enough about at this point, right? I certainly have. Each character's individual plot is overly familiar as well.
The characters perspectives read as very same-y and I had trouble keeping track of whose plot was whose - especially when we jumped between timelines. Telling the story in reverse chronological order does not help the story or the connection to the characters. Ultimately, this is just too many characters with too little plot.
I've read Sarah Waters books before and really liked them (particularly the intricately plotted "Fingersmith"), but, not this one. It's just really and truly boring. Nothing really happens and it flashes back to World War II, which all of us have read enough about at this point, right? I certainly have. Each character's individual plot is overly familiar as well.
The characters perspectives read as very same-y and I had trouble keeping track of whose plot was whose - especially when we jumped between timelines. Telling the story in reverse chronological order does not help the story or the connection to the characters. Ultimately, this is just too many characters with too little plot.