Fingersmith

By: Sarah Waters

Narrated by: Juanita McMahon

New York Times best-selling author of Affinity, Sarah Waters was named Author of the Year at the 2003 British Book Awards. Fingersmith was shortlisted for the Orange Prize and the Booker Prize, and was chosen as book of the year 2002 by more organizations than any other novel. Orphaned as an infant, Susan Trinder was raised by Mrs. Sucksby, “mother” to a host of pickpockets and con artists. To pay her debt, she joins legendary thief Gentleman in swindling an innocent woman out of her inheritence. But the two women form an unanticipated bond and the events that follow will surprise every listener.

©2002 Sarah Waters (P)2002 Recorded Books

Tip: listen at 1.2x or 1.5x speed

Part one is a bit boring but omg it’s so worth it once you get through to part 2 into the actual story. Loved the twists and turns. Only complaint is the narrator talks VERY slow. Wonderful performance, but I had to speed it up or I would have never finished the book.

LOOOOOOONNNG!!!!!

This was a 23 hour listen!!! There was really no need for it to be. The story is basically told twice by two different people from 2 perspectives. I think there were probably more timely ways to do this. I read this book because it was in a list of books with the best plot twists. It does have a good one, but I'm not sure it's good enough to listen for 23 hours! So, while it's not bad, it is difficult to listen to for such an extended time.

Sarah Waters write with wonderful prose but...

Wonderful prose, beautiful writing. This could have been a five star book for want of a ruthless editor. The first part (of three) was captivating, but this gave way in part two to tedium. By the time I'd reached part three I only wanted it to be over.

Too Long

Too, too long but I felt obligated to finish it because I had already invested too much time in it.

Well crafted story!

This book was marvelously written and full of perfect descriptive emotional moments! A great romance and story of deception and redemption! Flips points of view that makes you see many different sides to the same story, marvelous!