Waters is always hit or miss for me. I really enjoyed "Fingersmith", can't even recall "Affinity" and with "The Night Watch" I couldn't finish it. I read half the book and realized I was forcing myself to continue so I stopped. It was too bleak, and way to slow for my tastes. I suppose I was just impatient with the unraveling of the story and frankly, none of the characters interested me enough to care about why they ended up where they did.

what a waste of time. the book is written in reverse chronology. my guess is that it was written this way to hide the fact that the story did not have a coherent flow. this might have been better as a series of short stories. no - i take that back.

If you read Water's book Fingersmith - this is different yet similar. She does have a way of drawing you in to a period - in this case London, WWII - this is a backward chronology, which is different. Story focuses on 3 women and a young man, friends, lovers, and intersections.

This book was a little hard to keep up with. It is actually being told backwards, from the end to the beginning. Omce you catch on to that fact it is enjoyable. It is in very good condition.

Prize-winning British author Sarah Walters turns out another great read, this one set in WWII-era London, where the nightly bomb barrage sharpens every human emotion. The stories of four interconnected young Brits are told over a period of several years - but their later chapters appear first in the book... and then in the next sections, the reader is taken back to see 'why' things happened as they did. Love, heartache, betrayal, friendships, are played out against the incredible bravery of dealing with nightly ambulance runs, far-away lovers, and the awareness that untimely death is happening all around them.

This is a wonderful book with very strong,qwirky characters. set during WWII,England,during the air raids.
the book is written "backward" thru time. there are lesbian sex scenes,so beware if this upsets you.

I thoroughly enjoyed this book, the fourth I've read by this talented author, Sarah Waters. I especially enjoyed the details of personal experience during the Blitz of London. Waters demonstrated her writing craft by going back in time, leaving the reader to wonder what had happened before and how was she to tie it all together in the end of the book. It was like a mystery unveiled.

Good book. Moves backwards in time, so it is a little difficult to get into at first. But then you are hooked. A different kind of story.

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Something different, but very enjoyable. I plowed through this book. Give it a try.

Great if you like Historical fiction - an interesting perspective on WW and the effects on women...a little graphic in parts but generally a great story!

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