Fingersmith
This is a Modern Victorian novel that reads like a murder mystery.This is Sarah Water's third novel and it follows a pickpocketing orphan who poses as a lady maid. It's a story filled with lots of twists and turns and an enthralling love affair.
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Bodice ripper with clever twists and turns in the plot but some of it is repetitive. Good but not great.
This book surprised me with plot twists THREE times! I had to put it down and just think about the turn of events for a little while because I was so shocked by the various turns of events. From the slums of London to an English country estate, to an insane asylum, this story is told in two voices. Not one very likable character among them, but very enjoyable read.
Suzanne Schuckel Heath recommended another book by this author, but I liked the sound of this one more and got it from the library instead, and am so glad I did. This Victorian thriller with thieves, con artists, madhouses, missing mothers, pornographic literature, and lady-on-lady love was so good in every way. The story was so Byzantine that even I didn't figure out all the angles, and every character, no matter how evil, was sympathetic. I only wish it was longer; I'm sad to have finished it today.
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