Author: Sarah Waters
Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
Summary: After the war, times are tough for Mrs. Gray and her 26-year-old daughter Frances. They take in boarders, Mr. and Mrs. Barber. Frances and the Mrs. start up an affair. The Mr. finds out. Hilarity does not ensue from there.
Review: Call me risk-averse, but no good can come from having an affair with your married boarder. I listened to this book on CD and it was really, really long. Sometimes when I'm listening to a book I wonder if my opinion of the book would have changed if I'd read it instead. I think I might have liked this one better if I'd read it.
There was some good anticipation around whether or not they were going to get away with killing Mr. Barber. But then it really started to drag. The trial could have been shortened. Besides being too long, one other thing that I didn't really like was the ending. Without specifically giving it away, I just didn't buy it. I would have enjoyed hearing more about what happened to the two of them post-trial.
Time to write: N/A
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