Minerva Koenig reviewed The paying guests by Sarah Waters
even better
5 stars
I liked this even better than 'Affinity,' and I loved 'Affinity'
Published Sept. 29, 2017 by Anagrama.
Los huéspedes de pago
by Sarah Waters
5 stars
(4 reviews)
It is 1922, and London is tense. Ex-servicemen are disillusioned, the out-of-work and the hungry are demanding change. And in South London, in a genteel Camberwell villa, a large silent house now bereft of brothers, husband and even servants, life is about to be transformed, as impoverished widow Mrs Wray and her spinster daughter, Frances, are obliged to take in lodgers.
For with the arrival of Lilian and Leonard Barber, a modern young couple of the ‘clerk class’, the routines of the house will be shaken up in unexpected ways. And as passions mount and frustration gathers, no one can foresee just how far-reaching, and how devastating, the disturbances will be.
This is vintage Sarah Waters: beautifully described with excruciating tension, real tenderness, believable characters, and surprises. It is above all a wonderful, compelling story.
Kathrin Passig reviewed The paying guests by Sarah Waters
Review of 'The paying guests' on 'Goodreads'
4 stars
In der ersten Hälfte passiert eigentlich überhaupt nichts. Aber ich hatte aus vorsichtigen Blicken auf spoilerfreie Goodreads-Bewertungen den Eindruck, dass doch noch was passieren würde, und so war es dann auch. Außerdem ist selbst die Ereignislosigkeit angenehm kompetent und detailliert erzählt.
