The Bottom Line
Fingersmith by Sarah Waters takes us back to England in the Victorian era. But this is not the Victorian novel of your mother's time! Full of lesbian lust, thievery, deceit and greed, in Fingersmith you're not even sure who the good guys and bad guys are.
Pros
- Lots of plot twists and turns
- A real page-turner
- Great Characters
Cons
- Some parts drag
- Archaic language can be difficult
Description
- Fingersmith by Sarah Waters
- Paperback, 582 pages, $15.00.
- ISBN 1-57322-972-5
- Finalist for th Orange Prize for Fiction.
- Copyright 2002.
- Waters is also the author of Affinity and Tipping the Velvet.
Guide Review - Fingersmith by Sarah Waters
Sarah Waters, author of the award-winning Tipping the Velvet, once again takes us back in time. Susan was raised in a house of thieves in a poor part of London in the 1800s. She agrees to go to the country become a maid to a rich lady and attempt to swindle her out of her fortune. But what awaits her, she could never imagine.
The narration of this story switches back and forth between Susan and Lady Maud. Just when you think you know what's going on and where the story is leading, the narrator changes and you're shown a whole other level of conniving and deceit.
Fingersmith is a page-turner that will keep you up late wondering where this tale will take you.
