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sigh. i tried to read this slowly and still finished it in two days. i suck. but i can't help it - she writes so well, and her stories are so damn compelling; the pages virtually turn themselves. but sorry, ladies, no lesbians this time. i never thought i would see the day. what else is sarah waters for, if not lesbian love?? evidently, dickensian ghost stories in postwar settings... ooooorrrr iiiiisss iiiitttt?
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I was excited to see my friend Petra referred to this book as being similar to The Turn of the Screw and Rebecca. While I don't have warm-fuzzies for Henry James, there's a special place in my heart for Turn of the Screw. And, well. Rebecca rocks my socks. As I've enjoyed other things written by Sarah Waters, I was especially looking forward to reading this one.
It did not disappoint.
Spooky and creepy, with a good measure of skin-crawling. I started this yesterday and had barely made a dent by th ...more
It did not disappoint.
Spooky and creepy, with a good measure of skin-crawling. I started this yesterday and had barely made a dent by th ...more
I love this book so much!!! Sarah Waters is a writer I've always admired but this is a bit different than her other books. You can call it a haunted house book, a Gothic mystery, a psychological mystery. It is also an extremely effective picture of social class in Britain immediately after the Second World War, & of a rural area in the midst of the changes that take place when an old social order begins to crumble.
Dr. Faraday remembers the old manor house from his childhood - in fact his mother ...more
Dr. Faraday remembers the old manor house from his childhood - in fact his mother ...more
Disappointing. Beautifully written, but it just...ended.
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