I was so excited when I heard the highly acclaimed UK author Sarah Waters, author of such novels as Tipping the Velvet, The Fingersmith and The Night Watch, was going to attend WORD Christchurch's Shifting Points of View "mini-festival" during the Christchurch Arts Festival.
I had just finished her latest novel The Paying Guests, and have also read most of her other novels.
I decided to try a talking book version of The Paying Guests for a change and was pleasantly surprised at how much I enjoyed it. Except that I found myself sitting in my car; thinking, just another minute, another minute, aggghhhh, damn I have to go, but I desperately want to know what happens next.
I haven’t decided if listening to the talking book is the best idea or not? I know usually I would have been up to the wee small hours reading, but instead was stuck waiting for my next chance to get in the car and hear what was happening.
If you enjoy amazing attention to historical accuracy, multi layered characters you love, loath, are distressed by and empathise with, some love and captivating storylines I would recommend trying a novel by Sarah Waters. But beware the always agonising twist, just when I think "huh," with an air of authority, "I know what’s going to happen next!" I am always wrong.
Oh those twists.
I am lucky enough to be attending Sarah’s talk Crimes of Passion session on Monday 7 September and looking forward to blogging about it after. Stay tuned!
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