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次田 圭芳 greenpeace350b — Contains spoilers With so much having been said and written about this work, I was fascinated by the title. After a little investigative work, I found the origins in the Tennyson work The Princess and the Gilbert & Sullivan opera Princess Ida. "So, here we go", I thought "is this going to be a late 19th century story set in Dickensian London about a prostitute, who is rescued from the streets, finds education, discovers feminism and, why not let's go up the entire garden path, ends up a suffragette…..blah, blah?” As I've said, there has been much written about this work, so I'm not going to repeat things by giving a synopsis of the storyline. There is plenty here on Goodreads and elsewhere. The Guardian has a whole archive to peruse over: http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/serie... So, for what it is worth, what do I think? Well, taking a topsy-turvy approach and starting with the end first: The ending has tortured readers and has been dissected by previous commentators and critics, but for me, it was highly appropriate given the subject nature of the book. I won’t say anymore, for fear of giving it away, but Michael Faber is simply playing literary prostitute with the reader. But what of the novel? Well, it’s most certainly a reading groups wet dream, the publishers must be very pleased with themselves. There is so much to dissect and discuss; the novel is overflowing with themes, back stories, major and minor characters, augmented storylines, and homage to other literary works. I found it easy-going, readers are not going to blow a fuse in any neuronal circuits getting through this. The volume may be daunting at first; but fear not, the reader is soon enwrapped by its lascivious arms and enjoying the rollercoaster. I found the work full of contrasts and conflicts: Sugar climbing the social ladder whilst William Rackham climbs the business ladder. The dirty Victorian streets and the cleanliness of the Rackham Perfumery business (reaching a pinnacle near the end, with the turd-throwing street urchin and Rackham’s daughter Sophie in her carriage). The respective childhoods of Sophie and Christopher. The upstairs, downstairs life of the Rackham household. The self-motivation of Sugar compared with the resigned hopelessness of Caroline. Emmeline Fox, with her inability to get her man, and Lady Bridgelow, who you just know is most definitely going to get hers. The many contrasts between the Rackham brothers, although it’s easy to foretell that they will share equal fates. The diary of Agnes compared with the novel by Sugar. Are they both pieces of fiction? I could go on… The theme of maternal love is strongly evident. All the central characters demonstrate issues with maternal attachment. Sugar’s story is obvious to us, her relationships with Mrs Castaway (oh, Mr Faber, that surname was way too subtle for me), Christopher, Sophie, Agnes and even William all carry issues of motherly affection. Her journey from prostitute to maternal romantic is easily understood. The loss of her own maternal love drives her forward, and in her desperation for maternal bonds in some form, this motivation carries the novel. Yet Sugar is a chameleon; her frustrations in life expose themselves with rages, both in her feelings towards other characters and in her writing. Thankfully, she is able to employ the necessary degree of self-control. But this character trait also impacts on her maternal instincts resulting the heady rollercoaster of her personal priorities and aspirations. Sugar is both the rescued and the rescuer, an evolution that Faber strings out in the final part of the book. Her realisation that the rise up the slippery social ladder does not necessarily result in a better emotional life is where Faber injects a realism to combat the satire of Gilbert & Sullivan. I was half-expecting Sugar to appear in the audience of a Princess Ida opera as a point of irony during her solo venture into watching the performing arts, and I’m thankful that Faber resisted the temptation to include this. The Education Acts of 1870s run in parallel to this novel (although compulsory education for children was not introduced until 1880, so post-dating the storyline), and Sugar’s self-education, which she then transfers onto Sophie, defines the late Victorian era. The novel falls short of my expectation to see the rise of the Suffragette movement, but the feminist undercurrents are there with the inclusion of Emmeline Fox and the Rescue Society. I enjoyed this book, at one level a great romp of a read through the late Victorian era with a strong cast of characters, and on another a carefully crafted novel with emotional themes aplenty. I look forward to reading The Apple, a series of short stories offering glimpses into the pasts and the futures of our central characters. I don’t think we will ever discover what actually happens to Sugar, I believe that Faber will leave this to our imaginations. I just hope that, with a cinematographic interpretation currently in the making, Cannongate don’t turn Sugar from literary heroine so obviously adored by reading groups across the world into a Potteresque commercial wet dream. PS. Some questions for the reading groupees and book clubbers out there: 1. The novel has a theme of maternal love running through it. But are there any stories of real love? 2. Why does Faber give Sugar a skin condition? Is her self-medication versus the ongoing medical intervention into Agnes’s issues yet another contrast of Victorian life in the book? 3. The duo, Bodley and Ashwell, are dispatched from the book with short shrift. Is Faber trying to show us that he treats these characters with the same shallow disdain that they treat the prostitutes, or is it a lousy piece of editing by the publisher? 4. And finally, what is the significance of Sugar’s birthday, 19 January? Added 11 August: I've now read The Apple..... so, yes, my initial instincts were correct. On further reflection on this book, I have downgraded to a three star rating. In the main, this comes from the fact that I found the middle part a bit of a chore, to be honest, and the final part was rushed in comparison. I fear that poor editing, rather than poor writing, may be the cause.

Mayra Pérez mayperey — twas a great read

Brenda Evelyn _renda_velyn — Wow! Recommended by my sister, excellent story, well-written. Can't wait to read books 2 and 3 in the trilogy.

Alexander Gloeckner agloeckner — This book is so amazing! I learned so much and can't wait to start charting!