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theshiftyshadow 's review for:
The Night Watch
by Sarah Waters
reflective
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
This started fantastically well, the sort of book I couldn't put down and thought I'd get through it's hefty 500ish pages in a very short time. Then something happened that meant I had to put it down and couldn't get back to it for a week, and when I did it just didn't have the same effect on me.
It's told in three parts, three different years, but it goes backwards in time. The first part was the most interesting, probably because you're presented with all these characters with mysterious secrets and it piques your interest as to how they all got to where they are at this point in time. The problem for me was with each jump back in time, and as the backstory's were revealed, I found none of them were actually all that interesting. I'm not entirely sure the structure of it actually adds anything, and by the time I got to the last section I found I'd almost forgotten what it was I was waiting to find out. Maybe that's a result of having to put it down for so long. If I'd been able to carry on at the pace I read the first section, I might have enjoyed it more.
It's told in three parts, three different years, but it goes backwards in time. The first part was the most interesting, probably because you're presented with all these characters with mysterious secrets and it piques your interest as to how they all got to where they are at this point in time. The problem for me was with each jump back in time, and as the backstory's were revealed, I found none of them were actually all that interesting. I'm not entirely sure the structure of it actually adds anything, and by the time I got to the last section I found I'd almost forgotten what it was I was waiting to find out. Maybe that's a result of having to put it down for so long. If I'd been able to carry on at the pace I read the first section, I might have enjoyed it more.