Comments on: THE PAYING GUESTS by Sarah Waters http://www.girldetective.net/?p=6195 Reading, Writing, Movies and Mothering in Minneapolis, Mostly Tue, 12 May 2026 00:43:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: carolyn http://www.girldetective.net/?p=6195&cpage=1#comment-42929 carolyn Sun, 15 Mar 2015 14:25:19 +0000 http://www.girldetective.net/?p=6195#comment-42929 Yeah I thought this book had a stilted stiffness to it that it never overcome. I really didn't believe the characters were having deep feelings, or feelings deep enough for their actions. Yeah I thought this book had a stilted stiffness to it that it never overcome. I really didn’t believe the characters were having deep feelings, or feelings deep enough for their actions.

]]> By: Jennifer http://www.girldetective.net/?p=6195&cpage=1#comment-42925 Jennifer Fri, 13 Mar 2015 20:42:24 +0000 http://www.girldetective.net/?p=6195#comment-42925 I also quit on All the Light We Cannot See. We really do have similar tastes! I read about 40 pages and quit. Was sure it had to be my mood because I'd heard such rapturous reviews. The real test will now be Dept. of Speculation. I also quit on All the Light We Cannot See. We really do have similar tastes! I read about 40 pages and quit. Was sure it had to be my mood because I’d heard such rapturous reviews. The real test will now be Dept. of Speculation.

]]> By: girldetective http://www.girldetective.net/?p=6195&cpage=1#comment-42919 girldetective Thu, 12 Mar 2015 21:53:58 +0000 http://www.girldetective.net/?p=6195#comment-42919 Jenn, I love that you did because I loved your book reviews so much that I tracked you down online and made virtual friends with you because I thought your taste in books was so similar to mine. Glad to hear that we're still in sync all these years later! :) I felt similarly about Anthony Doerr's All the Light We Cannot See--I found it dull and humorless, so I put it down halfway through, which I thought was more than a fair sampling to determine it just wasn't for me, even if almost everyone else out there likes or loves it. Jenn, I love that you did because I loved your book reviews so much that I tracked you down online and made virtual friends with you because I thought your taste in books was so similar to mine. Glad to hear that we’re still in sync all these years later! :)
I felt similarly about Anthony Doerr’s All the Light We Cannot See–I found it dull and humorless, so I put it down halfway through, which I thought was more than a fair sampling to determine it just wasn’t for me, even if almost everyone else out there likes or loves it.

]]> By: Jennifer http://www.girldetective.net/?p=6195&cpage=1#comment-42918 Jennifer Thu, 12 Mar 2015 21:49:39 +0000 http://www.girldetective.net/?p=6195#comment-42918 I had exactly the same response to Paying Guests as you did. Exactly. I had exactly the same response to Paying Guests as you did. Exactly.

]]> By: girldetective http://www.girldetective.net/?p=6195&cpage=1#comment-42916 girldetective Thu, 12 Mar 2015 15:47:01 +0000 http://www.girldetective.net/?p=6195#comment-42916 I still plan to read others by Waters, they've been so highly recommended. We own Fingersmith, and my husband has been urging me to read it for years. I still plan to read others by Waters, they’ve been so highly recommended. We own Fingersmith, and my husband has been urging me to read it for years.

]]> By: Janet http://www.girldetective.net/?p=6195&cpage=1#comment-42915 Janet Thu, 12 Mar 2015 04:06:50 +0000 http://www.girldetective.net/?p=6195#comment-42915 Don't give up on Sarah Waters. I liked The Paying Guests myself, but if you don't connect, you don't connect. "Fingersmith" is very good as is "Tipping the Velvet". I hate it when I don't like the book I brought with me somewhere but have no alternative for reading. Not a good feeling. Don’t give up on Sarah Waters. I liked The Paying Guests myself, but if you don’t connect, you don’t connect. “Fingersmith” is very good as is “Tipping the Velvet”.

I hate it when I don’t like the book I brought with me somewhere but have no alternative for reading. Not a good feeling.

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