The Paying Guests
by Sarah Waters
2014 / 576 pages
read by Juliet Stevenson 21h 26m
Rating- 4.5* / romance / crime (lesbian)
(*1 for the first half and 8 for the second half)
Okay – so under some pressure (“it gets better!” “Yes, a slow start.”) I caved and picked the book up again – or rather – stuck the earplugs back in. Only about 9 hours to go. lol –
Waters is certainly a master of suspense, carefully building and building and then, after as long as she can possibly stretch it out, “something happens.”
Then, of f course, there are repercussions, but – ah – a chance for more suspense building. And so the suspense builds and builds and builds until finally something “exciting” happens. Other mystery novelists do the same thing and I get irritated when I’m 2/3rds of the way through the book before someone dies. “The author is setting the stage,” say the enthusiasts – “Hog-wash, get on with it,” say the critics. >>>>MORE>>>>