Fingersmith by Sarah Waters
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Book Summary Author: Sarah Waters Edition: Paperback Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published) Published: 2002-10-01 ISBN: 1573229725 Number of pages: 582 Publisher: Riverhead Trade Product features:
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Book Reviews of the Fingersmith
Customer Review: Tedious...
Summary: 1 Stars
I'm sorry but I have to disagree with many of the other reviewers of this book. It's taken me a long time to read (3wks) because my interest in it has been waning. In my view the narrative is at times turgid and flawed, dialogue implausible and the description is lacking. The few bits of heightened tension are when the two main characters have a 'liaison' whilst letting on to each other next morning that they were asleep. Also, when one of the key characters is killed. For such a fat volume there's not much going on that couldn't be tailored neatly into 100 pages. Dickensian it is not. Read this and then read anything from Dickens and then you'll realise the difference is like walking from the night into day. You get the impression that the author herself got bored with the process of writing it and only livened up at the start and towards the end of the book.