tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4035650454978982433.post4392895453627462111..comments2024-03-07T03:01:03.672-05:00Comments on roses over a cottage door: The Night Watch by Sarah WatersDarlenehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07415316482631852565noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4035650454978982433.post-38990291950073773462011-07-14T19:49:52.559-04:002011-07-14T19:49:52.559-04:00Darlene, did you know there was a TV adaptation th...Darlene, did you know there was a TV adaptation that was on here this week? So I imagine you'll be able to see it before too long. It was very good, very true to the book as I recall it - though it seems ages since I read it. By the way, did you know that Tipping the Velvet starts off in Whitstable, only a bus ride away from where your daughter will be in Canterbury? Thought that might spur you to read it (though actually I prefer Affinity!)maryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13955194101659665925noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4035650454978982433.post-81260979695100925912011-06-29T15:21:08.597-04:002011-06-29T15:21:08.597-04:00I loved this one, too. It has such an unusual form...I loved this one, too. It has such an unusual format that you feel like you should be starting at the back of the book and reading forward! I'm glad you enjoyed it--she does detail really well, doesn't she?Daniellehttp://www.danitorres.typepad.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4035650454978982433.post-68048342309293054582011-06-26T08:10:14.932-04:002011-06-26T08:10:14.932-04:00chasingbawa, I haven't read Tipping the Velvet...chasingbawa, I haven't read Tipping the Velvet or Affinity yet AND I'm sure a new title can't be far off. We have some catching up to do! Thanks for stopping by!Darlenehttp://www.rosesoveracottagedoor.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4035650454978982433.post-66881886652257361132011-06-25T16:54:01.364-04:002011-06-25T16:54:01.364-04:00This is my favourite of Sarah Waters' novels (...This is my favourite of Sarah Waters' novels (although I still have to read Tipping the Velvet). I thought the structure of the novel worked really well and kept you wanting to know more about the characters. Really glad you enjoyed it!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4035650454978982433.post-54611293668717119082011-06-25T08:57:14.172-04:002011-06-25T08:57:14.172-04:00Samantha, I know the feeling well. A little spare...Samantha, I know the feeling well. A little spare time, the Persephone catalogue and a pen is all it takes and before you know it you're on The Book Depository website.<br /><br />Little Boy Lost was stunning!Darlenehttp://www.rosesoveracottagedoor.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4035650454978982433.post-25833660940665577472011-06-25T04:24:14.035-04:002011-06-25T04:24:14.035-04:00I thought Night Watch certainly held its ground in...I thought Night Watch certainly held its ground in the genre of WWII fiction. Like you I have read Vere Hodgson's book but now I have added to my Persephone wishlist the Laski and Panter Downes you mentioned. I loved Laski's Little Boy Lost! And I notice Fleur Fisher has mentioned Doreen - my Persephone wishlist just keeps growing!Samanthahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17747440460896344541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4035650454978982433.post-62385222746155398162011-06-24T23:25:51.393-04:002011-06-24T23:25:51.393-04:00Frances, We really enjoyed The Little Stranger at ...Frances, We really enjoyed The Little Stranger at our house and mulled that one over for quite awhile. Hopefully I have inspired you to pick up The Night Watch sooner rather than later!<br /><br />Laura, Why thank you! At first I didn't like the idea of going backwards like that but Waters won me over and it was brilliant.<br /><br />bookssnob, I so agree with you! But every once and awhile we have to enjoy the work of someone who is still alive! I love that expression 'a bit sniffy' and will have to find a way to work that into a conversation and soon.<br /><br />Rob, Absolutely! I have to remind myself not to romanticize that era, it wasn't all Vera Lynn sing-alongs and chats over the wall. Sitting in a mock bomb shelter at the Imperial War Museum in 2009, smelling of cordite, while a recording played of screaming and the sound of bombs exploding was pretty scary! I would definitely NOT want to endure that in real life for anything.<br /><br />FleurFisher, I don't have a copy of that Persephone yet. It was in the running a couple of times and then I would choose something else but I must pick up a copy when I'm in London this September. Thanks, Jane!Darlenehttp://www.rosesoveracottagedoor.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4035650454978982433.post-25567983711889451872011-06-24T18:39:34.324-04:002011-06-24T18:39:34.324-04:00And now you have made me want to go back and read ...And now you have made me want to go back and read this one again. I have to agree though, that the best books about the period were written at the ttime or soon after. <br /><br />Seeing the Persephones you mention makes me wonder if you have read Barbara Noble's Doreen? It was the first of the WWII Persephones that I read, and I fell in love.FleurFisherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00096222149445024649noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4035650454978982433.post-46809642324304024522011-06-24T16:05:56.863-04:002011-06-24T16:05:56.863-04:00The blitz and the war as a whole must have been te...The blitz and the war as a whole must have been terrible to live through. It seems awful for us now just thinking about it but imagine what it must have been like facing that everyday and also not knowing how it was all going to end, we even have the benefit of knowing what the outcome was, for those people nothing was certain.Robhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04830090701346321489noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4035650454978982433.post-40048044069242148182011-06-24T12:35:02.815-04:002011-06-24T12:35:02.815-04:00Very interesting Darlene. That first image is incr...Very interesting Darlene. That first image is incredibly haunting.<br /><br />I have only read one Waters novel - Fingersmith - and I did enjoy it, but I have become a bit sniffy about her for some reason, perhaps because she got very popular. I must try some of her more recent novels - you have intrigued me with this! Though I must say you can never beat a novel actually written during the period...as I know you will agree.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4035650454978982433.post-3435462380755662682011-06-24T11:22:49.302-04:002011-06-24T11:22:49.302-04:00once I finished it I immediately wanted to turn ba...<i>once I finished it I immediately wanted to turn back to the first page as the beginning of the book is actually its summation. Things you read early on now make sense, we know what makes the characters tick and their secrets have been revealed. </i><br /><br />Oh, yes, I know just what you mean! I loved the way this book was constructed. Great review!Laurahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07219439074687598827noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4035650454978982433.post-83346773085156096572011-06-24T09:56:13.880-04:002011-06-24T09:56:13.880-04:00Have wanted to read this for some time after readi...Have wanted to read this for some time after reading my first and only Waters novel, The Little Stranger. And it is for a talent she has that you bring up here - the attention to the smallest details that often tell the story in those small moments.Franceshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12597485569740436880noreply@blogger.com