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The Little Stranger (2009)

by Sarah Waters(Favorite Author)

3.48 of 5 Votes: 1

ISBN

1594488800 (ISBN13: 9781594488801)

languge

English

genre

Horror

publisher

Riverhead Hardcover

review 1: I just discovered Sarah Waters after being enthralled by "The Paying Guests". I opted to try "The Little Stranger" based on the reviews and the fact that it was a haunted house story made it sound even better. I'm afraid that I was disappointed with this one. Waters is long-winded and very detailed and this book did not flow or keep me turning the pages like I did with "The Paying Guests". It is wonderfully atmospheric and rich in historical details but, at 450 pages, it is just too much for a novel with basically a simple plot line. That said, I do look forward to her other books.
review 2: Great command of characters and settings but agonizingly slow. Not everything needs to be Stephen King with a scare a minute but it wasn't until 70% through the book that t... morehere was finally a scene that got my blood going in a novel with a 'haunted house' at its center. Even then, major developments never happens to the main character. It is all told second hand. Also, I'm all for ambiguity with an ending, so long as enough is going on throughout the book to allow the reader to draw their own conclusion. Unfortunately, because so little happened in the story, the ambiguous ending felt empty. I wasn't interested enough in the story to try to draw a conclusion. Points for establishing characters and settings but disappointing, overall. less

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