by Sarah Waters
A novel set in the aftermath of WW1 and a mother and daughter who have lost the men in their family and trying to hang on to their upper middle class standing. With money running out they take in a young couple as lodgers and over the course of a summer their lives become increasingly entwined with disastrous consequences. A new time setting but this is vintage Sarah Waters with drama and tension right to the end, not to mention the odd twist and turn as the story unfolds.
The characters are brilliantly drawn and the detail of life after the war is fascinating 9/10
Friday, February 20, 2015
Saturday, February 14, 2015
The Year of the Flood
by Margaret Attwood
This is the second book in the MaddAddam trilogy and tells the story of God's Gardeners in the years immediately preceeding the waterless flood or plague that is at the centre of the trilogy.
I did not enjoy this book as much as Oryx and Crake. I found the characters hard to identify with and it was very late in the book before I managed to sort out who was who. However, it did keep me wanting to know what happened after the flood. Bring on part three! 7/10
This is the second book in the MaddAddam trilogy and tells the story of God's Gardeners in the years immediately preceeding the waterless flood or plague that is at the centre of the trilogy.
I did not enjoy this book as much as Oryx and Crake. I found the characters hard to identify with and it was very late in the book before I managed to sort out who was who. However, it did keep me wanting to know what happened after the flood. Bring on part three! 7/10
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