Fingersmith
Sarah Waters · 2002
A Victorian thriller that becomes a love story through the mechanics of betrayal. Sue and Maud's relationship begins as a con and becomes the most real thing either of them has ever experienced. Waters uses every twist to deepen rather than deflect the romance, producing a genuinely surprising love story in contemporary fiction.
The case against
Part Two retells Part One, scene by scene, from Maud's side, and however clever the reversals, you are rereading a story you just finished. The asylum stretch grinds, the Gentleman's scheme needs a wall chart, and the final fifty pages stack twist on twist until the machinery drowns out the love story Waters built so carefully.
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