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Sarah Waters

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SundownOnTheStair · 14/11/2022 01:13

Is she ever going to write another book or has she lain down her pen?

Sarah, if you are on here-please hurry along with a new book.

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countrypunk · 19/01/2024 20:50

@Needhelp101 LOVE Matt Damon as Bunny! He'd have played that role brilliantly.

Needhelp101 · 19/01/2024 20:13

@countrypunk I definitely had Matt Damon as Bunny, and I always thought Gwenyth Paltrow would have been a good Camilla...

countrypunk · 19/01/2024 18:04

Needhelp101 · 19/01/2024 16:43

And I'm with you @countrypunk on The Secret History. How has that never been adapted for film? I used to have a fantasy casting role list, but they're all too old now 😁

Ooh now I need to see the list...

Needhelp101 · 19/01/2024 16:43

And I'm with you @countrypunk on The Secret History. How has that never been adapted for film? I used to have a fantasy casting role list, but they're all too old now 😁

Needhelp101 · 19/01/2024 16:41

countrypunk · 18/01/2024 10:39

I also love Donna Tartt! I've reread The Secret History more than any other book, it fascinates me. I thought The Goldfinch could do with an edit in parts but overall it was stunning.

Surprised that The Night Watch is so far down the list for lots of people here, I thought it was so moving. Has everyone seen the TV adaptation?

Agree that Sarah Waters should have won the Booker by now.

I absolutely love The Night Watch, it's my favorite. The most emotionally resonant of her books, I think, and that's saying something.

Fantastic TV adaptation as well, with a wonderful cast.

Crikeyalmighty · 18/01/2024 22:28

@countrypunk if anyone hasn't read it- it's one of those books that mentally just stayed with me- I enjoyed the series but it was a much better book!!

countrypunk · 18/01/2024 16:59

CharlotteRumpling · 18/01/2024 15:24

Gentleman is one of the most chilling characters in fiction. We should have a separate thread with spoilers to discuss the fabulousness that is Fingersmith!

I think it's time for me to read it again... I never have because I know the twist won't hit nearly as hard.

Crikeyalmighty · 18/01/2024 15:41

@CharlottePimpernel thanks- that had a great twist too

CharlotteRumpling · 18/01/2024 15:24

Gentleman is one of the most chilling characters in fiction. We should have a separate thread with spoilers to discuss the fabulousness that is Fingersmith!

CharlottePimpernel · 18/01/2024 15:18

@Crikeyalmighty that one is Affinity!

Crikeyalmighty · 18/01/2024 10:58

Fingersmith was the only book I've ever stayed up all night reading- I couldn't believe the twist in it-I had to re read the chapter to check I wasn't imagining it!!

I also loved the one with Selena and the woman in the prison- forgotten which one that was !!

countrypunk · 18/01/2024 10:42

BaconAndAvocado · 18/01/2024 10:37

What’s Fingersmith about ?

NO SPOILERS!

It's a Victorian era crime/thriller about an orphan sent to be a maid to a wealthy young woman... I don't think I can say any more than that!

countrypunk · 18/01/2024 10:39

I also love Donna Tartt! I've reread The Secret History more than any other book, it fascinates me. I thought The Goldfinch could do with an edit in parts but overall it was stunning.

Surprised that The Night Watch is so far down the list for lots of people here, I thought it was so moving. Has everyone seen the TV adaptation?

Agree that Sarah Waters should have won the Booker by now.

BaconAndAvocado · 18/01/2024 10:37

What’s Fingersmith about ?

NO SPOILERS!

CharlotteRumpling · 18/01/2024 10:04

I have found my people. I adore her, and I think it is a travesty that she never got a Booker. Glad to know she is writing a new one.

My ranking:

Fingersmith
The Little Stranger
Affinity
The Paying Guests
Tipping the Velvet
The Nightwatch

I also love Donna Tartt and Daphne Du Maurier.

LaDerniereVacheFolle · 18/01/2024 10:00

BaconAndAvocado · 16/01/2024 17:12

Fingersmith is on my book group’s list this year, so I’m now looking forward to that!

Envious here of you reading it for the first time !

Footle · 18/01/2024 08:20

@SundownOnTheStair , thanks for the thread. I haven't read any of her books, I'd confused her with another Sarah, but I've started The Paying Guests and I'm hoping I've found an author to love.

BaconAndAvocado · 16/01/2024 17:12

Fingersmith is on my book group’s list this year, so I’m now looking forward to that!

QuietFlame · 09/01/2024 17:29

I loved ‘A Single Thread ‘ too,and everything Sarah Waters’ has written.
I enjoy reading ‘between the wars ‘ fiction and agree ‘The Paying Guests’ had a wonderful sense of time and place.
Excited to hear she has a new one on the way!

Alchemistress · 09/01/2024 17:20

I was only wondering what had happened to SW the other day. I also love Tracy Chevalier.
I've just finished A Single Thread and it was just wonderful.

CharlottePimpernel · 09/01/2024 17:15

Oh hooray! I love her books. They're the only books I buy new.
The Paying Guests and The Night Watch are my favourites, then Affinity, then Fingersmith, Tipping The Velvet and The Little Stranger.
You can just see everything so beautifully. And they're so sad, but lovely at the same time.

tobee · 09/01/2024 17:02

LuciusMalfoysBestSneer · 09/01/2024 07:58

Another Sarah Waters fan here! The Paying Guests is my favourite - like a PP said, I have every nook and cranny of that house visualised in my head thanks to the amazing language.

Yes everything absolutely rang true about the period details. And all the characters stay with me.

LuciusMalfoysBestSneer · 09/01/2024 07:58

Another Sarah Waters fan here! The Paying Guests is my favourite - like a PP said, I have every nook and cranny of that house visualised in my head thanks to the amazing language.

JaninaDuszejko · 09/01/2024 06:15

For those of you who love Fingersmith read The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins.

HowIWroteElasticWoman · 09/01/2024 03:31

I've just read Tipping the Velvet! I'm reading Affinity just now ! I read Fingersmith when it came out and then forgot all about her and now I have rediscovered her ! She is marvellous!

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