A review by allymute
Tipping the Velvet by Sarah Waters

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

What a marvelously sultry story on gender and lesbianism in England's fin de siècle. The narrative is a big clogged, but worth going through. Nancy is a painfully realistic main character who is trapped and enamored, like many of us are, by the vision of a "good life." Waters has a fabulous attention to detail in her historical accuracy. Incredible sex scenes, no notes on that front. 

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