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A review by bohoautumn
Fingersmith by Sarah Waters
4.0
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Sarah Waters has been compared to Dickens and Wilkie Collins. Her stories are filled with similar characters and devises such as thieves, villains, madhouses, dark secrets, foggy and filthy London, country mansions, and enough twists and turns in the plot to keep you guessing and gasping.
Unlike Dickens and Collins, she's our contemporary. Her writing therefore offers the modern reader an easier task than the other authors, as well as modern sensibilities. In this case, this translates as swear words and sex. And let's make it lesbian sex for good measure.
If I allowed that point to be the highlight of Fingersmith, I would be doing Waters a great disservice as, unfortunately, too many of hers fan have already done. What makes it a significant part of her novel is that it's unusual. In actuality though, it's a very small portion of the entire story. And the wonderful tale is what gripped me to the very end.
full review @ ink + chai
Sarah Waters has been compared to Dickens and Wilkie Collins. Her stories are filled with similar characters and devises such as thieves, villains, madhouses, dark secrets, foggy and filthy London, country mansions, and enough twists and turns in the plot to keep you guessing and gasping.
Unlike Dickens and Collins, she's our contemporary. Her writing therefore offers the modern reader an easier task than the other authors, as well as modern sensibilities. In this case, this translates as swear words and sex. And let's make it lesbian sex for good measure.
If I allowed that point to be the highlight of Fingersmith, I would be doing Waters a great disservice as, unfortunately, too many of hers fan have already done. What makes it a significant part of her novel is that it's unusual. In actuality though, it's a very small portion of the entire story. And the wonderful tale is what gripped me to the very end.
full review @ ink + chai