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A review by amymariedoug
Fingersmith by Sarah Waters
5.0
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Hello lovely readers! It’s March already, and I am spooked. Not only because time flies so quickly (seems like yesterday I was having my ‘Oh no, it’s nearly 2020 now’ breakdown), but also because of this week’s read. Fingersmith is not for the faint-hearted. It’s twists and turns will leave you hooked, disgusted and delighted – I recommend to any lover of Victorian-era mystery!
Our novel centers around two characters – Sue Trinder and Maud Lilly. One is born into poverty, the other is born into wealth and the novel follows their journey into finding each other and eventually, falling for each other. The journey is not a simple one however – both women have been linked from birth by circumstances out of their control that will come to light in the novel’s twist.
An accurate image of me, reading this book until the early hours of the morning.
As always, Sarah Waters excels at what she does. I don’t think I’ve ever read a novel that has such a compelling and visceral account of Victorian London. There’s one particular passage that I can’t seem to forget, in which Maud finds herself penniless, wandering through London with no shoes. Waters describes this in such great detail – the horror, the pain and embarrassment Maud found herself in, that I was transported to London with her. I also adore Waters style of conversation – she manages to use local London slang as well as Maud’s upper-class style without it grating on your eyes (see: Hagrid). Furthermore, when the novel’s twist is revealed, it is genuinely unexpected. Waters is fantastic at unpredictability.
So what is this twist you ask? Without revealing too much, I’ll simply say this: the novel you believe that you’re reading is not the novel that lays before you. I cannot express this enough: Read this novel.
Hello lovely readers! It’s March already, and I am spooked. Not only because time flies so quickly (seems like yesterday I was having my ‘Oh no, it’s nearly 2020 now’ breakdown), but also because of this week’s read. Fingersmith is not for the faint-hearted. It’s twists and turns will leave you hooked, disgusted and delighted – I recommend to any lover of Victorian-era mystery!
Our novel centers around two characters – Sue Trinder and Maud Lilly. One is born into poverty, the other is born into wealth and the novel follows their journey into finding each other and eventually, falling for each other. The journey is not a simple one however – both women have been linked from birth by circumstances out of their control that will come to light in the novel’s twist.
An accurate image of me, reading this book until the early hours of the morning.
As always, Sarah Waters excels at what she does. I don’t think I’ve ever read a novel that has such a compelling and visceral account of Victorian London. There’s one particular passage that I can’t seem to forget, in which Maud finds herself penniless, wandering through London with no shoes. Waters describes this in such great detail – the horror, the pain and embarrassment Maud found herself in, that I was transported to London with her. I also adore Waters style of conversation – she manages to use local London slang as well as Maud’s upper-class style without it grating on your eyes (see: Hagrid). Furthermore, when the novel’s twist is revealed, it is genuinely unexpected. Waters is fantastic at unpredictability.
So what is this twist you ask? Without revealing too much, I’ll simply say this: the novel you believe that you’re reading is not the novel that lays before you. I cannot express this enough: Read this novel.