My first read from Sarah Waters and I really enjoyed it. It brilliantly builds characters, place and story and I loved the intricacy of detail in the telling of the story. At times I felt it dragged it’s heels a bit but the twists and we’re fantastic and I really enjoyed that the language felt authentic to the time. Very often historical fiction can feel too modern in terms of dialogue, but I never had any hesitation of where I was in time as the reader.
I’m very much looking forward to reading more from Sarah Waters.