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Description: ISBN 1844080110 / Author: Sarah Waters / Independent on Sunday..a sexy and picaresque romp through the lesbian and queer demimonde of the ... more
Tipping the Velvet - Sarah Waters ... roaring Nineties...'

Newest Review: ... away a lot more than this would be to ruin the story for those who want to make the discovery themselves. It's a story of ... more

 ... relationships, and Nan's progress through the formative young adult years, her need to earn her living, her friends and indeed her enemies, wrapped up a little too much in detail of events, rather than the emotion that makes the character who she is. Here, I feel that Waters failed because, by the end of the book, I really had very little feeling for the heroine at all, as what was missing from the dialogue was the very detail that makes Sarah Waters' other books so detailed, and here, I feel she failed. The writing st...more

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daniel
Express Review on Tipping the Velvet - Sarah Waters
by daniel - written on 14.04.07
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I thought this book was beautifully written. Waters has an amazing capacity for evoking atmosphere and the details are vivid and arresting. The storyline is perhaps a little contrived towards the end, but anyone who finds the content shocking, distasteful, or even unrealistic, is to my mind rather naive. Nothing Nancy gets up to, no world she finds herself in, is particulary strange, only that she finds herself in one such world after another.

thingywhatsit
Crowned Review TIPPING THE VELVET TOO FAR. (1082 words)
by thingywhatsit - written on 02.10.06 (Very useful, 209 readings)
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I have bought every book that Sarah Waters ever published based on my experience of her exquisitely detailed book “Affinity”, in which her written style was clear, and detail amazingly real. This book is more well known since it has been televised, although having just read it, I can only assume that the program could never actually be true to the book, unless it is on at an adult only time, since it's attention to detail is such that it proved a disturbing read. The book tells the story of Nan King, who works in her family Oyster restaurant in Whitstable at the turn of the 19th Century to 20th Century. She is a likeable character at first, and has acquired ...

little_pandora
Premium Review Tipping the Velvet - Sarah Waters: Naughty & Bizarre (876 words)
by little_pandora - written on 30.03.05 (Very useful, 721 readings)
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With lesbian escapades galore, Victorian ideals, a fish shop and even the highs and lows of theatre, ‘Tipping the Velvet’ appears to be a bit of an eclectic read. Most of you will know that author Sarah Waters territory lies firmly in the ‘I write bizarrely set lesbian tales’ category. When I began reading ‘Tipping the Velvet’, I was quite unaware of this, which made for a surprising read indeed. In the end, I can’t quite comprehend this novel. The only thing I can say for sure is that it is certainly unique. Set in the late 19th century to early 20th , ‘Tipping the Velvet’ follows the lives of Nan and Kitty, two young ladies who happen upon each other, fall ...

 

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