Let's begin. It took me literally days to come up with a review. Mostly because it was recommended by my best friend and it's her favourite book of all times, so I wanted my review to be honest and not clouded by any judgement. The major part of this time I spent with deciding whether I was giving this book three or four stars. And I almost gave it four, because to be honest, it would probably deserve them. But since this review is based solely on my opinion and experience I can only give it three. 
 Fingersmith seems a well thought-out book and I liked the language, but I can't say much about it because my english isn't good enough to distinguish certain flaws or features in the english language. But it was quite poetic from time to time and I liked that. It was very long, I will admit that; some parts seemed a little too stretched for me, others had the perfect length, but never did anything important seem left out. 
 I can't say much about the book without spoiling it, so I'm just going to focus on the fact that it has three parts, part one and three from Sues viewpoint and part two from Mauds. I liked part one, because we get to know the setting, the stage, the characters, we can see the story developing and unfolding before our eyes. At times it seemed a little bland and I didn't really warm up to Maud because she struck me like a fairly boring character(view spoiler)[but of course that changed with the second part. (hide spoiler)] 
 Nevertheless I didn't really like her at first which made me not understand Sues affection for her. And I very much liked Sue, her simple character, cheekiness and the slight feeling of superiority, although never in a vain but rather caring way. That part was likeable and I enjoyed it. 
 On to part to. I will not use the word hate, but I truly strongly disliked this part. I loved the first quarter of it, because of the giant plottwist and because we learn that Maud(view spoiler)[isn't who she made herself to be after all (hide spoiler)], which made her that much more interesting to me, but after that it went quite downhill to be honest. Most of Sues part gets repeated and only little is mentioned that would add to the story. And then it just went from okay to 
 what?! 
 very quick. The plot just got twistier and more confusing and made me frustrated in a really bad way. I hoped that some extremely logical and thought-out revealing would fix that, but as the revealings came I grew angrier and more confused as I just couldn't follow the intentions of the characters. 
 I discussed this with my best friend and she made everything seem very clear and understandable, but it just wasn't for me at the time I was reading it. I eventually figured out that it is probably because we had such different paths in life. And I know this may sound a little melodramatic, but I truly believe that if you can understand the characters and their actions and their behavior then you will love this book and everything will seem so clear to you. But because my persona is so different from hers I just couldn't appreciate the characters and story as much as she did. 
 So the second part was almost torture for me and I almost stopped reading. 
 But I'm glad I didn't. 
 Because the third part was actually the best of them all and I would almost say that it was beautiful, because it had so much to give and so much to add to the story. It frustrated me as well, but not in a bad way, in a way that wanted me to desperately know what would follow. And I admit that it kind of ties up the second part, but unfortunately this part just had lost me and the third part couldn't make up for it entirely. 
 The ending is beautiful, I am not going to spoil it, but it is gentle and mellow and I appreciated that so much. I don't like those blazing endings, whether they are good or bad endings. 
 So is this book for you? Maybe. As I said, I think whether someone likes this book or not depends truly on their character and their appreciation for victorian mystery. I admit it was a good book, but it just didn't connect with me. Which made me a little sad, but what can I do. It just wasn't my cup of tea.